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With the further disabilities of (2) particularism, (3) poverty, (4) insufficiency (to which I add, in this country, restraint by the political lawyers), it was otherwise. WITH THE FURTHER DISABILITIES OF TWO PARTICULARISM THREE POVERTY FOUR INSUFFICIENCY TO WHICH I ADD IN THIS COUNTRY RESTRAINT BY THE POLITICAL LAWYERS IT WAS OTHERWISE
 origins they must, by definition, go against the stream. The official Capitalist Press round about them had already become a habit when the Free Papers appeared. Men had for some time made it a normal thing to read their daily paper; to believe what it told them to be facts, and even in a great measure to accept its opinion. A new voice criticizing by implication, or directly blaming or ridiculing a habit so formed, was necessarily an unpopular voice with the mass of readers, or, if it was not unpopular, that was only because it was negligible. This first disability, however, under which the Free Press suffered, and still suffers, would not naturally have been of long duration. The remaining three were far graver. For the mere inertia or counter current against which any reformer struggles is soon turned if the reformer (as was the case here) represented a real reaction, and was doing or saying things which the people, had they been as well informed as himself, would have agreed with. ROM TO WIT THAT IN THEIR ORIGINS THEY MUST BY DEFINITION GO AGAINST THE STREAM THE OFFICIAL CAPITALIST PRESS ROUND ABOUT THEM HAD ALREADY BECOME A HABIT WHEN THE FREE PAPERS APPEARED MEN HAD FOR SOME TIME MADE IT A NORMAL THING TO READ THEIR DAILY PAPER TO BELIEVE WHAT HAD TOLD THEM TO BE FACTS AND EVEN IN A GREAT MEASURE TO ACCEPT ITS OPINION A NEW VOICE CRITICISING BY IMPLICATION OR DIRECTLY BLAMING OR RIDICULING A HABIT SO FORMED WAS NECESSARILY AN UNPOPULAR VOICE WITH THE MASS OF READERS OR IF IT WAS NOT UNPOPULAR THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS NEGLIGIBLE THIS FIRST DISABILITY HOWEVER UNDER WHICH THE FREE PRESS SUFFERED AND STILL SUFFERS WOULD NOT NATURALLY HAVE BEEN OF LONG DURATION THE REMAINING THREE WERE FAR GRAVER FOR THE MERE INERTIA OR COUNTER CURRENT AGAINST WHICH ANY REFORMER STRUGGLES IS SOON TURNED IF THE REFORMER AS WAS THE CASE HERE REPRESENTED A REAL REACTION AND WAS DOING OR SAYING THINGS WHICH THE PEOPLE HAD THEY BEEN AS WELL INFORMED AS HIMSELF WOULD HAVE AGREED WITH
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