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No amount of water would bite into the copper. Only the acid does that: and a little of the acid is enough. NO AMOUNT OF WATER WOULD BITE INTO THE COPPER ONLY THE ACID DOES THAT AND A LITTLE OF THE ACID IS ENOUGH
they are not possessed, filled, changed, moulded to new action. One of the proofs of this--a curious, a comic, but a most conclusive proof--is the dependence of the great daily papers on the headline. Ninety-nine people out of a hundred retain this and nothing more, because the matter below is but a flaccid expansion of the headline. Now the Headline suggests, of course, a fact (or falsehood) with momentary power. So does the Poster. But the mere fact of dependence on such methods is a proof of the inherent weakness underlying it. You have, then, at the outset a difference of _quality_ in the reading and in the effect of the reading which it is of capital importance to my argument that the reader should note. The Free Press is really read and digested. The Official Press is not. Its scream is heard, but it provides no food for the mind. One does not contrast the exiguity of a pint of nitric acid in an engraver's studio with the hundreds of gallons of water in the cisterns of his house.  SENSE OF THAT PREGNANT WORD INFORMED THEY ARE NOT POSSESSED FILLED CHANGED MOULDED TO NEW ACTION ONE OF THE PROOFS OF THIS A CURIOUS ATOMIC BUT A MOST CONCLUSIVE PROOF IS THE DEPENDENCE OF THE GREAT DAILY PAPERS ON THE HEADLINE NINETY NINE PEOPLE OUT OF A HUNDRED RETAIN THIS AND NOTHING MORE BECAUSE THE MATTER BELOW IS BUT A FLACCID EXPANSION OF THE HEADLINE NOW THE HEADLINE SUGGEST OF COURSE A FACT OR FALSEHOOD WITH MOMENTARY POWER SO DOES THE POSTER BUT THE MERE FACT OF DEPENDENCE ON SUCH METHODS IS A PROOF OF THE INHERENT WEAKNESS UNDERLYING IT YOU HAVE THEN AT THE OUTSET A DIFFERENCE OF QUALITY IN THE READING AND IN THE EFFECT OF THE READING WHICH IS OF CAPITAL IMPORTANCE TO MY ARGUMENT THAT THE READER SHOULD NOTE THE FREE PRESS IS REALLY READ AND DIGESTED THE OFFICIAL PRESS IS NOT ITS SCREAM IS HEARD BUT IT PROVIDES NO FOOD FOR THE MIND ONE DOES NOT CONTRAST THE EXIGY OF A PINT OF NITRIC ACID IN AN ENGRAVER STUDIO WITH THE HUNDREDS OF GALLONS OF WATER IN THE CISTERNS OF HIS HOUSE
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