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That is because in the country a man has true neighbours, whereas the towns are a dust of isolated beings, mentally (and often physically) starved. THAT IS BECAUSE IN THE COUNTRY A MAN HAS TRUE NEIGHBORS WHEREAS THE TOWNS ARE A DUST OF ISOLATED BEINGS MENTALLY AND OFTEN PHYSICALLY STARVE EN
e middle, of the nineteenth century), there was no reading of papers as a regular habit by those who work with their hands. The papers were still in the main written for those who had leisure; those who for the most part had some travel, and those who had a smattering, at least, of the Humanities. The matter appearing in the newspapers was often _written by_ men of less facilities. But the people who wrote them, wrote them under the knowledge that their audience was of the sort I describe. To this day in the healthy remnant of our old State, in the country villages, much of this tradition survives. The country folk in my own neighbourhood can read as well as I can; but they prefer to talk among themselves when they are at leisure, or, at the most, to seize in a few moments the main items of news about the war; they prefer this, I say, as a habit of mind, to the poring over square yards of printed matter which (especially in the Sunday papers) are now food for their fellows in the town. PART IN A PORTION OF THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THERE WAS NO READING OF PAPERS AS A REGULAR HABIT BY THOSE WHO WORKED WITH THEIR HANDS THE PAPERS WERE STILL IN THE MAIN WRITTEN FOR THOSE WHO HAD LEISURE THOSE WHO FOR THE MOST PART HAD SOME TRAVEL AND THOSE WHO HAD A SMATTERING AT LEAST OF THE HUMANITIES THE MATTER APPEARING IN THE NEWSPAPERS WAS OFTEN WRITTEN BY MEN OF LESS FACILITIES BUT THE PEOPLE WROTE THEM WROTE THEM UNDER THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR AUDIENCE WAS OF THE SORT I DESCRIBE TO THIS DAY IN THE HEALTHY REMNANT OF OUR OLD STATE IN THE COUNTRY VILLAGES MUCH OF THIS TRADITION SURVIVES THE COUNTRY FOLK IN MY OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD CAN READ AS WELL AS I CAN BUT THEY PREFER TO TALK AMONG THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE AT LEISURE OR AT THE MOST PART TO SEIZE IN A FEW MOMENTS THE MAIN ITEMS OF NEWS ABOUT THE WAR THEY PREFER THIS I SAY AS THE HABIT OF MIND TO THE PORING OVER SQUARE YARDS OF PRINTED MATTER WHICH ESPECIALLY IN THE SUNDAY PAPERS ARE NOW FOOD FOR THEIR FELLOWS IN THE TOWN
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