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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. AN 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
rong; it is but an opinion with regard to the future. On the other matter I have experience and immediate example before me, and I am certain that the battle for free political discussion is now won. Mere knowledge of our public evils, economic and political, will henceforward spread; and though we must suffer the external consequences of so prolonged 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.   CHAPTER ONE OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAHN MC LE
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