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But what I do not see is the avenue whereby the great mass of the people can now be restored to an interest in the way in which they are governed, or even in the re establishment of their own economic independence. BUT WHAT I DO NOT SEE IS THE AVENUE WHEREBY THE GREAT MASS OF THE PEOPLE CAN NOW BE RESTORED TO AN INTEREST IN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY ARE GOVERNED OR EVEN IN THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR OWN ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE
litical lawyers, his colleagues, occasion for violent repression. To-day the thing has become so much a commonplace that all appeals to the old illusion would fall flat. The presiding lawyer could not put on an air of shocked incredulity at hearing that such-and-such a Minister had been mixed up in such-and-such a financial scandal. We take such things for granted nowadays. XX What I do doubt in the approaching and already apparent success of the Free Press is its power to effect democratic reform. It will succeed at last in getting the truth told pretty openly and pretty thoroughly. It will break down the barrier between the little governing clique in which the truth is cynically admitted and the bulk of educated men and women who cannot get the truth by word of mouth but depend upon the printed word. We shall, I believe, even within the lifetime of those who have taken part in the struggle; have all the great problems of our time, particularly the Economic problems, honestly debated.  CHAPTER TWENTY OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAW MC CLEAN WHAT I DO DOUBT IN THE APPROACHING AND ALREADY APPARENT SUCCESS OF THE FREE PRESS IS ITS POWER TO EFFECT DEMOCRATIC REFORM IT WILL SUCCEED AT LAST IN GETTING THE TRUTH TOLD PRETTY OPENLY AND PRETTY THOROUGHLY IT WILL BREAK DOWN THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE LITTLE GOVERNING CLICK IN WHICH THE TRUTH IS CYNICALLY ADMITTED AND THE BULK OF EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO CANNOT GET THE TRUTH BY WORD OF MOUTH BUT DEPEND UPON THE PRINTED WORD WE SHALL I BELIEVE EVEN WITHIN THE LIFETIME OF THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE STRUGGLE HAVE ALL THE GREAT PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME PARTICULARLY THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS HONESTLY DEBATED
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