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The simple and rather tawdry truth may be but doubtfully accepted by a few hundreds only. THE SIMPLE AND RATHER TAWDRY TRUTH MAY BE BUT DOUBTFULLY ACCEPTED BY A FEW HUNDREDS ONLY
e Official Press had orders to call him French under a false name. One paragraph in the "New Witness" broke down that lie before the week was out. XVII Next consider this powerful factor in the business. _The truth confirms itself._ Half a million people read of a professional politician, for instance, that his oratory has an "electric effect," or that he is "full of personal magnetism," or that he "can sway an audience to tears or laughter at will." A Free Paper telling the truth about him says that he is a dull speaker, full of commonplaces, elderly, smelling strongly of the Chapel, and giving the impression that he is tired out; flogging up sham enthusiasm with stale phrases which the reporters have already learnt to put into shorthand with one conventional outline years ago.[1] Well, the false, the ludicrously false picture designed to put this politician in the limelight (as against favours to be rendered), no doubt remains the general impression with most of those 500,000 people. THE TRUTH CONFIRMS ITSELF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE READ OF A PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN FOR INSTANCE THAT HIS ORATORY HAS AN ELECTRIC EFFECT OR THAT HE IS FULL OF PERSONAL MAGNETISM OR THAT HE CAN SWAY AN AUDIENCE TO TEARS OR LAUGHTER AT WILL A FREE PAPER TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HIM SAYS THAT HE IS A DULL SPEAKER FULL OF COMMONPLACES ELDERLY SMELLING STRONGLY OF THE CHAPEL AND GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT HE IS TIRED OUT FLOGGING UP SHAM ENTHUSIASM WITH STALE PHRASES WHICH THE REPORTERS HAVE ALREADY LEARNED TO PUT INTO SHORTHAND WITH ONE CONVENTIONAL OUTLINE YEARS AGO FOOTNOTE A FRIEND OF MINE IN THE PRESS GALLERY USED TO REPRESENT I'VE YET TO LEARN THAT THE GOVERNMENT BY A LITTLE TWIRL AND WHAT DID THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN DO MISTER SPEAKER HAD THE AUDACITY BY TWO SPARAL DOTS WELL THE FALSE THE LUDICROUSLY FALSE PICTURE DESIGNED TO PUT THIS POLITICIAN IN THE LIMELIGHT AS AGAINST FAVORS TO BE RENDERED NO DOUBT REMAINS THE GENERAL IMPRESSION WITH MOST OF THOSE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
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