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I say at the close of these pages that I do not believe the new spirit we have produced will lead to any system of self government, economic or political. I think the decay has gone too far for that. In this I may be wrong; it is but an opinion with regard to the future. I SAY AT THE CLOSE OF THESE PAGES THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THE NEW SPIRIT WE HAVE PRODUCED WILL LEAD TO ANY SYSTEM OF SELF GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL I THINK THAT DECAY HAS GONE TOO FAR FOR THAT IN THIS I MAY BE WRONG IT IS BUT AN OPINION WITH REGARD TO THE FUTURE
n against organized falsehood, mere revolt against it, is creative. It is the thesis of this little essay, as you will see, that the Free Press will succeed in its main object which is the making of the truth known. There was a moment, I confess, when I would not have written so hopefully. Some years ago, especially after I had founded the "Eye-Witness," I was, in the tedium of the effort, half convinced that success could not be obtained. It is a mood which accompanies exile. To produce that mood is the very object of the boycott to which the Free Press is subjected. But I have lived, in the last five years, to see that this mood was false. It is now clear that steady work in the exposure of what is evil, whatever forces are brought to bear against that exposure, bears fruit. That is the reason I have written the few pages printed here: To convince men that even to-day one can do something in the way of political reform, and that even to-day there is room for something of free speech. OF ITS OWN MERE INDIGNATION AGAINST ORGANIZED FALSEHOOD MERE REVOLT AGAINST IT IS CREATIVE IT IS THE THESIS OF THIS LITTLE ESSAY AS YOU WILL SEE THAT THE FREE PRESS WILL SUCCEED IN ITS MAIN OBJECT WHICH IS THE MAKING OF THE TRUTH KNOWN THERE WAS A MOMENT I CONFESS WHEN I WOULD NOT HAVE WRITTEN SO HOPEFULLY SOME YEARS AGO ESPECIALLY AFTER I HAD FOUNDED THE EYE WITNESS I WAS IN THE TEDIUM OF THE EFFORT HALF CONVINCED THAT SUCCESS COULD NOT BE OBTAINED IT IS A MOOD WHICH ACCOMPANIES EXILE TO PRODUCE THAT MOOD IS THE VERY OBJECT OF THE BOYCOT TO WHICH THE FREE PRESS IS SUBJECTED BUT I HAVE LIVED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO SEE THAT THIS MOOD WAS FALSE IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT STEADY WORK IN THE EXPOSURE OF WHAT IS EVIL WHATEVER FORCES ARE BROUGHT TO BEAR AGAINST THAT EXPOSURE BEARS FRUIT THAT IS THE REASON I HAVE WRITTEN THESE FEW PAGES PRINTED HERE TO CONVINCE MEN THAT EVEN TO DAY ONE CAN DO SOMETHING IN THE WAY OF POLITICAL REFORM AND THAT EVEN TO DAY THERE IS ROOM FOR SOMETHING OF FREE SPEECH
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