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Men are so built that uncontradicted falsehood sufficiently repeated does have that curious power of illusion. MEN ARE SO BUILT THAT UNCONTRADICTED FALSEHOOD SUFFICIENTLY REPEATED DOES HAVE THAT CURIOUS POWER OF ILLUSION
r at will." A Free Paper telling the truth about him says that he is a dull speaker, full of commonplaces, elderly, smelling strongly of the Chapel, and giving the impression that he is tired out; flogging up sham enthusiasm with stale phrases which the reporters have already learnt to put into shorthand with one conventional outline years ago.[1] Well, the false, the ludicrously false picture designed to put this politician in the limelight (as against favours to be rendered), no doubt remains the general impression with most of those 500,000 people. The simple and rather tawdry truth may be but doubtfully accepted by a few hundreds only. But sooner or later a certain small proportion of the 500,000 actually _hear_ the politician in question. They hear him speak. They receive a primary and true impression. If they had not read anything suggesting the truth, it is quite upon the cards that the false suggestion would still have weight with them, in spite of the evidence of their senses. H STALE PHRASES WHICH THE REPORTERS HAVE ALREADY LEARNED TO PUT INTO SHORTHAND WITH ONE CONVENTIONAL OUTLINE YEARS AGO FOOTNOTE A FRIEND OF MINE IN THE PRESS GALLERY USED TO REPRESENT I'VE YET TO LEARN THAT THE GOVERNMENT BY A LITTLE TWIRL AND WHAT DID THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN DO MISTER SPEAKER HAD THE AUDACITY BY TWO SPARAL DOTS WELL THE FALSE THE LUDICROUSLY FALSE PICTURE DESIGNED TO PUT THIS POLITICIAN IN THE LIMELIGHT AS AGAINST FAVORS TO BE RENDERED NO DOUBT REMAINS THE GENERAL IMPRESSION WITH MOST OF THOSE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE THE SIMPLE AND RATHER TAWDRY TRUTH MAY BE BUT DOUBTFULLY ACCEPTED BY A FEW HUNDREDS ONLY BUT SOONER OR LATER A CERTAIN SMALL PROPORTION OF THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACTUALLY HEAR THE POLITICIAN IN QUESTION THEY HEAR HIM SPEAK THEY RECEIVE A PRIMARY AND TRUE IMPRESSION IF THEY HAD NOT READ ANYTHING SUGGESTING THE TRUTH IT IS QUITE UPON THE CARDS THAT THE FALSE SUGGESTION WOULD STILL HAVE WEIGHT WITH THEM IN SPITE OF THE EVIDENCE OF THEIR SENSES
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