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It is an old tag that the paradox of one age is the commonplace of the next, and that tag is true. It is true, because young men are doubly formed. First, by the reality and freshness of their own experience, and next, by the authority of their elders. IT IS AN OLD TAG THAT THE PARADOX OF ONE AGE IS THE COMMONPLACE OF THE NEXT AND THAT TAG IS TRUE IT IS TRUE BECAUSE YOUNG MEN ARE DOUBLY FORMED FIRST BY THE REALITY AND FRESHNESS OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND NEXT BY THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR ELDERS
 earnestly said during the last few years which has not been borne out by events--and sometimes borne out with astonishing rapidity and identity of detail. It would, perhaps, be superstitious to believe that strong and courageous truth-telling calls down from Heaven, new, unexpected, and vivid examples to support it. But, really, the events of the last few years would almost incline one to that superstition. The Free Press has hardly to point out some political truth which the Official Press has refused to publish, when the stars in their courses seem to fight for that truth. It is thrust into the public gaze by some abnormal accident immediately after! Hardly had Mr. Chesterton and I begun to publish articles on the state of affairs at Westminster when the Marconi men very kindly obliged us. XIX. But there is a last factor in this progressive advance of the free Press towards success which I think the most important of all. It is the factor of time in the process of human generations.  CHAPTER NINETEEN OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAME MC LEAN BUT THERE IS A LAST FACTOR IN THIS PROGRESSIVE ADVANCE OF THE FREE PRESS TOWARDS SUCCESS WHICH I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL IT IS THE FACTOR OF TIME IN THE PROCESS OF HUMAN GENERATIONS
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