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But for England the great schism and heresy of the sixteenth century, already dissolving to day, would long ago have died. BUT FOR ENGLAND THE GREAT SCHISM OF HERESY OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ALREADY DISSOLVING TO DAY WOULD LONG AGO HAVE DIED
ed a regime of lying, the lies are now known to be lies. True expression, though it should bear no immediate and practical fruit, is at least now guaranteed a measure of freedom, and the coming evils which the State must still endure will at least not be endured in silence. Therefore it was worth while fighting. Very sincerely yours, H. BELLOC. The Free Press I PROPOSE to discuss in what follows the evil of the great modern Capitalist Press, its function in vitiating and misinforming opinion and in putting power into ignoble hands; its correction by the formation of small independent organs, and the probably increasing effect of these last. I About two hundred years ago a number of things began to appear in Europe which were the fruit of the Renaissance and of the Reformation combined: Two warring twins. These things appeared first of all in England, because England was the only province of Europe wherein the old Latin tradition ran side by side with the novel effects of protestantism.  CHAPTER ONE OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAHN MC LEAN ABOUT TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO A NUMBER OF THINGS BEGAN TO APPEAR IN EUROPE WHICH WERE THE FRUIT OF THE RENAISSANCE AND OF THE REFORMATION COMBINED TWO WARRING TWINS THESE THINGS APPEARED FIRST OF ALL IN ENGLAND BECAUSE ENGLAND WAS THE ONLY PROVINCE OF EUROPE WHEREIN THE OLD LATIN TRADITION RAN SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE NOVEL EFFECTS OF PROTESTANTISM
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