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Some years ago, especially after I had founded the "Eye Witness," I was, in the tedium of the effort, half convinced that success could not be obtained. It is a mood which accompanies exile. To produce that mood is the very object of the boycott to which the Free Press is subjected. SOME YEARS AGO ESPECIALLY AFTER I HAD FOUNDED THE EYE WITNESS I WAS IN THE TEDIUM OF THE EFFORT HALF CONVINCED THAT SUCCESS COULD NOT BE OBTAINED IT IS A MOOD WHICH ACCOMPANIES EXILE TO PRODUCE THAT MOOD IS THE VERY OBJECT OF THE BOYCOT TO WHICH THE FREE PRESS IS SUBJECTED
he phenomenon is worth analysing. Its intellectual interest alone will arrest the attention of any future historian. Here is a force numerically quite small, lacking the one great obvious power of our time (which is the power to bribe), rigidly boycotted--so much so that it is hardly known outside the circle of its immediate adherents and quite unknown abroad. Yet this force is doing work--is creating--at a moment when almost everything else is marking time; and the work it is doing grows more and more apparent. The reason is, of course, the principle which was a commonplace with antiquity, though it was almost forgotten in the last modern generation, that truth has a power of its own. Mere indignation against organized falsehood, mere revolt against it, is creative. It is the thesis of this little essay, as you will see, that the Free Press will succeed in its main object which is the making of the truth known. There was a moment, I confess, when I would not have written so hopefully.  CALLED THE OFFICIAL PRESS THIS PHENOMENON IS WORTH ANALYZING ITS INTELLECTUAL INTEREST ALONE WILL ARREST THE ATTENTION OF ANY FUTURE HISTORIAN HERE IS A FORCE NUMERICALLY QUITE SMALL LACKING THE ONE GREAT OBVIOUS POWER OF OUR TIME WHICH THE POWER TO BRIBE RIGIDLY BOYCOTTED SO MUCH SO THAT IT IS HARDLY KNOWN OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE OF ITS IMMEDIATE ADHERENTS AND QUITE UNKNOWN ABROAD YET THIS FORCE AS DOING WORK IS CREATING AT A MOMENT WHEN ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE IS MARKING TIME AND THE WORK IT IS DOING GROWS MORE AND MORE APPARENT THE REASON IS OF COURSE THE PRINCIPLE WHICH WAS A COMMONPLACE WITH ANTIQUITY THOUGH IT WAS ALMOST FORGOTTEN IN THE LAST MODERN GENERATION THAT TRUTH HAS A POWER OF ITS OWN MERE INDIGNATION AGAINST ORGANIZED FALSEHOOD MERE REVOLT AGAINST IT IS CREATIVE IT IS THE THESIS OF THIS LITTLE ESSAY AS YOU WILL SEE THAT THE FREE PRESS WILL SUCCEED IN ITS MAIN OBJECT WHICH IS THE MAKING OF THE TRUTH KNOWN THERE WAS A MOMENT I CONFESS WHEN I WOULD NOT HAVE WRITTEN SO HOPEFULLY
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