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What their power is we saw in the sentencing to one of the most terrible punishments known to all civilized Europe  twelve months hard labour  of a man who had exercised his supposed right to give medical advice to a patient who had freely consulted him. WHAT THEIR POWER IS WE SAW IN THE SENTENCING TO ONE OF THE MOST TERRIBLE PUNISHMENTS KNOWN TO ALL CIVILIZED EUROPE TWELVE MONTHS HARD LABOR OF A MAN WHO HAD EXERCISED HIS SUPPOSED RIGHT TO GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE TO A PATIENT WHO HAD FREELY CONSULTED HIM
om paying for information difficult to be obtained, and under these twin disabilities it remains heavily handicapped. THE POLITICAL LAWYERS We must consider separately, for it is not universal but peculiar to our own society, the heavy disability under which the Free Press suffers in this country from the now unchecked power of the political lawyers. I have no need to emphasize the power of a Guild when it is once formed, and has behind it strong corporate traditions. It is the principal thesis of "The New Age," in which this essay first appeared, that national guilds, applied to the whole field of society, would be the saving of it through their inherent strength and vitality. Such guilds as we still have among us (possessed of a Charter giving them a monopoly, and, therefore, making them in "The New Age" phrase "black-leg proof") are confined, of course, to the privileged wealthier classes. The two great ones with which we are all familiar are those of the Doctors and of the Lawyers.  PREVENTS THE FREE PRESS FROM PAYING FOR INFORMATION DIFFICULT TO BE OBTAINED AND UNDER THESE TWIN DISABILITIES IT REMAINS HEAVILY HANDICAPPED THE POLITICAL LAWYERS WE MUST CONSIDER SEPARATELY FOR IT IS NOT UNIVERSAL BUT PECULIAR TO OUR OWN SOCIETY THE HEAVY DISABILITY UNDER WHICH THE FREE PRESS SUFFERS IN THIS COUNTRY FROM THE NOW UNCHECKED POWER OF THE POLITICAL LAWYERS I HAVE NO NEED TO EMPHASIZE THE POWER OF A GUILD WHEN IT IS ONCE FORMED AND HAS BEHIND IT STRONG CORPORATE TRADITIONS IT IS THE PRINCIPAL THESIS OF THE NEW AGE IN WHICH THIS ESSAY FIRST APPEARED THAT NATIONAL GUILDS APPLIED TO THE WHOLE FIELD OF SOCIETY WOULD BE THE SAVING OF IT THROUGH THEIR INHERENT STRENGTH AND VITALITY SUCH GUILDS AS WE STILL HAVE AMONG US POSSESSED OF A CHARTER GIVING THEM A MONOPOLY AND THEREFORE MAKING THEM IN THE NEW AGE PHRASE BLACK LEG PROOF ARE CONFINED OF COURSE TO THE PRIVILEGED WEALTHIER CLASSES THE TWO GREAT ONES WITH WHICH WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR ARE THOSE OF THE DOCTORS AND OF THE LAWYERS
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