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My point is, then, that the Free Press thus starting from so many different particular standpoints has not yet produced a general organ; by which I mean that it has not produced an organ such as would command the agreement of a very great body of men, should that very great body of men be instructed on the real way in which we are governed. MY POINT IS THEN THAT THE FREE PRESS THUS STARTING FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTICULAR STANDPOINTS HAS NOT YET PRODUCED A GENERAL ORGAN BY WHICH I MEAN THAT IT HAS NOT PRODUCED AN ORGANS SUCH AS WOULD COMMAND THE AGREEMENT OF A VERY GREAT BODY OF MEN SHOULD THAT VERY GREAT BODY OF MEN BE INSTRUCTED ON THE REAL WAY IN WHICH WE ARE GOVERNED
erest. But I only get my picture as a composite. The very same truth will be emphasized by different Free Papers for totally different motives. Take the Marconi case. The big official papers first boycotted it for months, and then told a pack of silly lies in support of the politicians. The Free Press gave one the truth but its various organs gave the truth for very different reasons and with very different impressions. To some of the Irish papers Marconi was a comic episode, "just what one expects of Westminster"; others dreaded it for fear it should lower the value of the Irish-owned Marconi shares. "The New Age" looked at it from quite another point of view than that of the "New Witness," and the specifically Socialist Free Press pointed it out as no more than an example of what happens under Capitalist Government. A Mahommedan paper would no doubt have called it a result of the Nazarene religion, and a Thug paper an awful example of what happens when your politicians are not Thugs. OF REAL AND VITAL INTEREST BUT I ONLY GET MY PICTURE AS A COMPOSITE THE VERY SAME TRUTH WILL BE EMPHASIZED BY DIFFERENT FREE PAPERS FOR TOTALLY DIFFERENT MOTIVES TAKE THE MARCONI CASE THE BIG OFFICIAL PAPERS FIRST BOY COTTED IT FOR MONTHS AND THEN TOLD A PACK OF SILLY LIES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLITICIANS THE FREE PRESS GAVE ONE THE TRUTH BUT ITS VARIOUS ORGANS GAVE THE TRUTH FOR VERY DIFFERENT REASONS AND WITH VERY DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS TO SOME OF THE IRISH PAPERS MARCONI WAS A COMIC EPISODE JUST WHAT ONE EXPECTS AT WESTMINSTER OTHERS DREADED IT FOR FEAR IT SHOULD LOWER THE VALUE OF THE IRISH OWN MARCONI SHARES THE NEW AGE LOOKED AT IT FROM QUITE ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW THAN THAT OF THE NEW WITNESS AND THE SPECIFICALLY SOCIALIST FREE PRESS POINTED IT OUT AS NO MORE THAN AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS UNDER CAPITALIST GOVERNMENT A MOHAMMEDAN PAPER WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE CALLED IT A RESULT OF THE NAZARENE RELIGION AND A THUG PAPER AN AWFUL EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR POLITICIANS ARE NOT THUGS
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