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Let him but write soberly and with truth. Let him write it as private letters are daily written in dozens about such folk, or as private conversation runs among those who know them, and who have no reason to exaggerate their importance, but see them as they are. Such a description would never be printed! The few owners of the Press will not turn off the limelight and make a brief, accurate statement about these mediocrities, because their power to govern depends upon keeping in the limelight the men whom they control. LET HIM BUT WRITE SOBERLY AND WITH TRUTH LET HIM WRITE IT AS PRIVATE LETTERS ARE DAILY WRITTEN IN DOZENS ABOUT SUCH FOLK OR AS PRIVATE CONVERSATION RUNS AMONG THOSE WHO KNOW THEM OR WHO HAVE NO REASON TO EXAGGERATE THEIR IMPORTANCE BUT SEE THEM AS THEY ARE SUCH A DESCRIPTION WOULD NEVER BE PRINTED THE FEW OWNERS OF THE PRESS WILL NOT TURN OFF THE LIMELIGHT AND MAKE A BRIEF ACCURATE STATEMENT ABOUT THESE MEDIOCRATES BECAUSE THEIR POWER TO GOVERN DEPENDS UPON KEEPING IN THE LIMELIGHT THE MEN WHOM THEY CONTROL
 any professional politician--his manners, capacities, way of speaking, intelligence--ever appears to-day in any of the great papers. We never have anything within a thousand miles of what men who meet them _say_. We are, indeed, long past the time when the professional politicians were treated as revered beings of whom an inept ritual description had to be given. But the substitute has only been a putting of them into the limelight in another and more grotesque fashion, far less dignified, and quite equally false. We cannot even say that the professional politicians are still made to "fill the stage." That metaphor is false, because upon a stage the audience knows that it is all play-acting, and actually _sees_ the figures. Let any man of reasonable competence soberly and simply describe the scene in the House of Commons when some one of the ordinary professional politicians is speaking. It would not be an exciting description. The truth here would not be a violent or dangerous truth. MON SENSE REAL DESCRIPTION OF ANY PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN HIS MANNERS CAPACITIES WAY OF SPEAKING INTELLIGENCE EVER APPEARS TO DAY IN ANY OF THE GREAT PAPERS WE NEVER HAVE ANYTHING WITHIN A THOUSAND MILES OF WHAT MEN WHO MEET THEM SAY WE ARE INDEED LONG PAST THE TIME WHEN THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS WERE TREATED AS REVERED BEINGS OF WHOM AN INEPTITUAL DESCRIPTION HAD TO BE GIVEN BUT THE SUBSTITUTE HAS ONLY BEEN A PUTTING OF THEM INTO THE LIMELIGHT IN ANOTHER AND MORE GROTESQUE FASHION FAR LESS DIGNIFIED AND QUITE EQUALLY FALSE WE CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS ARE STILL MADE TO FILL THE STAGE THE METAPHOR IS FALSE BECAUSE UPON A STAGE THE AUDIENCE KNOWS THAT IT IS ALL PLAY ACTING AND ACTUALLY SEES THE FIGURES LET ANY MAN OF REASONABLE COMPETENCE SOBERLY AND SIMPLY DESCRIBE THE SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WHEN SOME ONE OF THE ORDINARY PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS IS SPEAKING IT WOULD NOT BE AN EXCITING DESCRIPTION THE TRUTH HERE WOULD NOT BE A VIOLENT OR DANGEROUS TRUTH
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