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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. 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
sing but has long been quite out of proportion to their numerical status. Things happen because of words printed in "The New Age" and the "New Witness." That is less and less true of what I have called the official press. The 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. OWER WHICH IS NOT ONLY INCREASING BUT HAS LONG BEEN QUITE OUT OF PROPORTION TO THEIR NUMERICAL STATUS THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE OF WORDS PRINTED IN THE NEW AGE AND THE NEW WITNESS THAT IS LESS AND LESS TRUE OF WHAT I HAVE 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
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