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It is a restricted leisured body to which the Free Press appeals. So strict has been the boycott  and still is, though a little weakening  that the editors of, and writers upon, the Free Papers probably underestimate their own effect even now. IT IS A RESTRICTED LEISURED BODY TO WHICH THE FREE PRESS APPEALS SO STRICT HAS BEEN THE BOY COT AND STILL IS THOUGH A LITTLE WEAKENING THAT THE EDITORS OF AND WRITERS UPON THE FREE PAPERS PROBABLY UNDERESTIMATE THEIR OWN EFFECT EVEN NOW
to my argument that the reader should note. The Free Press is really read and digested. The Official Press is not. Its scream is heard, but it provides no food for the mind. One does not contrast the exiguity of a pint of nitric acid in an engraver's studio with the hundreds of gallons of water in the cisterns of his house. No amount of water would bite into the copper. Only the acid does that: and a little of the acid is enough. XV Next let it be noted that the Free Press powerfully affects, even when they disagree with it, and most of all when they hate it, the small class through whom in the modern world ideas spread. There never was a time in European history when the mass of people thought so little for themselves, and depended so much (for the ultimate form of their society) upon the conclusions and vocabulary of a restricted leisured body. That is a diseased state of affairs. It gives all their power to tiny cliques of well-to-do people. But incidentally it helps the Free Press.  CHAPTER FIFTEEN OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAME MC LEAN NEXT LET IT BE NOTED THAT THE FREE PRESS POWERFULLY EFFECTS EVEN WHEN THEY DISAGREE WITH IT AND MOST OF ALL WHEN THEY HATE IT THE SMALL CLASS THROUGH WHOM IN THE MODERN WORLD IDEAS SPREAD THERE NEVER WAS A TIME IN EUROPEAN HISTORY WHEN THE MASS OF PEOPLE THOUGHT SO LITTLE FOR THEMSELVES AND DEPENDED SO MUCH FOR THE ULTIMATE FORM OF THEIR SOCIETY UPON THE CONCLUSIONS AND VOCABULARY OF A RESTRICTED LEISURED BODY THAT IS THE DISEASED STATE OF AFFAIRS IT GIVES ALL THEIR POWER TO TINY CLICKS OF WELL TO DO PEOPLE BUT INCIDENTALLY IT HELPS THE FREE PRESS
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