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The matter appearing in the newspapers was often _written by_ men of less facilities. But the people who wrote them, wrote them under the knowledge that their audience was of the sort I describe. To this day in the healthy remnant of our old State, in the country villages, much of this tradition survives. THE MATTER APPEARING IN THE NEWSPAPERS WAS OFTEN WRITTEN BY MEN OF LESS FACILITIES BUT THE PEOPLE WROTE THEM WROTE THEM UNDER THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR AUDIENCE WAS OF THE SORT I DESCRIBE TO THIS DAY IN THE HEALTHY REMNANT OF OUR OLD STATE IN THE COUNTRY VILLAGES MUCH OF THIS TRADITION SURVIVES
l fairly well spread; there were a number of local capitals; distribution was not yet so organized as to permit a paper printed as near as Birmingham, even, to feel the competition of a paper printed in London only 100 miles away. Papers printed as far from London, as York, Liverpool or Exeter were the more independent. Further the mass of men, though there was more intelligent reading (and writing, for that matter) than there is to-day, had not acquired the habit of daily reading. It may be doubted whether even to-day the mass of men (in the sense of the actual majority of adult citizens) have done so. But what I mean is that in the time of which I speak (the earlier part, and a portion of the middle, of the nineteenth century), there was no reading of papers as a regular habit by those who work with their hands. The papers were still in the main written for those who had leisure; those who for the most part had some travel, and those who had a smattering, at least, of the Humanities. E POPULATION WAS STILL FAIRLY WELL SPREAD THERE WERE A NUMBER OF LOCAL CAPITALS DISTRIBUTION WAS NOT YET SO ORGANIZED AS TO PERMIT A PAPER PRINTED AS NEAR AS BIRMINGHAM EVEN TO FEEL THE COMPETITION OF A PAPER PRINTED IN LONDON ONLY A HUNDRED MILES AWAY PAPERS PRINTED AS FAR FROM LONDON AS YORK LIVERPOOL OR EXETER WERE THE MORE INDEPENDENT FURTHER THE MASS OF MEN THOUGH THERE WAS MORE INTELLIGENT READING AND WRITING FOR THAT MATTER THAN THERE IS TO DAY HAD NOT ACQUIRED THE HABIT OF DAILY READING IT MAY BE DOUBTED WHETHER EVEN TO DAY THE MASS OF MEN IN THE SENSE OF THE ACTUAL MAJORITY OF ADULT CITIZENS HAVE DONE SO BUT WHAT I MEAN IS THAT IN THE TIME OF WHICH I SPEAK THE EARLIER PART IN A PORTION OF THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THERE WAS NO READING OF PAPERS AS A REGULAR HABIT BY THOSE WHO WORKED WITH THEIR HANDS THE PAPERS WERE STILL IN THE MAIN WRITTEN FOR THOSE WHO HAD LEISURE THOSE WHO FOR THE MOST PART HAD SOME TRAVEL AND THOSE WHO HAD A SMATTERING AT LEAST OF THE HUMANITIES
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