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When I want to know, for instance, what is happening in France, I read the Jewish Socialist paper, the "Humanité"; the most violent French Revolutionary papers I can get, such as "La Guerre Sociale"; the Royalist "Action Française"; the anti Semitic "Libre Parole," and so forth. WHEN I WANT TO KNOW FOR INSTANCE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRANCE I READ THE JEWISH SOCIALIST PAPER THE HUMANITY THE MOST VIOLENT FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY PAPERS I CAN GET SUCH AS LEGIERRE SOCIAL THE ROYALIST ACTION FRANCE THE ANTI SEMITIC LIBERT PATROL AND SO FORTH
uffers, would not naturally have been of long duration. The remaining three were far graver. For the mere inertia or counter current against which any reformer struggles is soon turned if the reformer (as was the case here) represented a real reaction, and was doing or saying things which the people, had they been as well informed as himself, would have agreed with. With the further disabilities of (2) particularism, (3) poverty, (4) insufficiency (to which I add, in this country, restraint by the political lawyers), it was otherwise. 2 The Particularism of the Free Papers was a grave and permanent weakness which still endures. Any instructed man to-day who really wants to find out what is going on reads the Free Press; but he is compelled, as I have said, to read the whole of it and piece together the sections if he wishes to discover his true whereabouts. Each particular organ gives him an individual impression, which is ex-centric, often highly ex-centric, to the general impression. SS SUFFERED AND STILL SUFFERS WOULD NOT NATURALLY HAVE BEEN OF LONG DURATION THE REMAINING THREE WERE FAR GRAVER FOR THE MERE INERTIA OR COUNTER CURRENT AGAINST WHICH ANY REFORMER STRUGGLES IS SOON TURNED IF THE REFORMER AS WAS THE CASE HERE REPRESENTED A REAL REACTION AND WAS DOING OR SAYING THINGS WHICH THE PEOPLE HAD THEY BEEN AS WELL INFORMED AS HIMSELF WOULD HAVE AGREED WITH WITH THE FURTHER DISABILITIES OF TWO PARTICULARISM THREE POVERTY FOUR INSUFFICIENCY TO WHICH I ADD IN THIS COUNTRY RESTRAINT BY THE POLITICAL LAWYERS IT WAS OTHERWISE TWO THE PARTICULARISM OF THE FREE PAPERS WAS A GRAVE AND PERMANENT WEAKNESS WHICH STILL ENDURES ANY INSTRUCTED MAN TO DAY WHO REALLY WANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON READS THE FREE PRESS BUT HE IS COMPELLED AS I HAVE SAID TO READ THE WHOLE OF IT AND PIECE TOGETHER THE SECTIONS IF HE WISHES TO DISCOVER HIS TRUE WHEREABOUTS EACH PARTICULAR ORGAN GIVES HIM AN INDIVIDUAL IMPRESSION WHICH IS ECCENTRIC OFTEN HIGHLY ECCENTRIC TO THE GENERAL IMPRESSION
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