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That is a diseased state of affairs. It gives all their power to tiny cliques of well to do people. But incidentally it helps the Free Press. THAT IS THE DISEASED STATE OF AFFAIRS IT GIVES ALL THEIR POWER TO TINY CLICKS OF WELL TO DO PEOPLE BUT INCIDENTALLY IT HELPS THE FREE PRESS
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. No amount of water would bite into the copper. Only the acid does that: and a little of the acid is enough. XV Next let it be noted that the Free Press powerfully affects, even when they disagree with it, and most of all when they hate it, the small class through whom in the modern world ideas spread. There never was a time in European history when the mass of people thought so little for themselves, and depended so much (for the ultimate form of their society) upon the conclusions and vocabulary of a restricted leisured body.  CHAPTER FIFTEEN OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAME MC LEAN NEXT LET IT BE NOTED THAT THE FREE PRESS POWERFULLY EFFECTS EVEN WHEN THEY DISAGREE WITH IT AND MOST OF ALL WHEN THEY HATE IT THE SMALL CLASS THROUGH WHOM IN THE MODERN WORLD IDEAS SPREAD THERE NEVER WAS A TIME IN EUROPEAN HISTORY WHEN THE MASS OF PEOPLE THOUGHT SO LITTLE FOR THEMSELVES AND DEPENDED SO MUCH FOR THE ULTIMATE FORM OF THEIR SOCIETY UPON THE CONCLUSIONS AND VOCABULARY OF A RESTRICTED LEISURED BODY
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