tailieunhanh - The Free Press

I dedicate this little essay to you not only because "The New Age" (which is your paper) published it in its original form, but much more because you were, I think, the pioneer, in its modern form at any rate, of the Free Press in this country. I well remember the days when one used to write to "The New Age" simply because one knew it to be the only paper in which the truth with regard to our corrupt politics, or indeed with regard to any powerful evil, could be told. That is now some years ago; but even to-day there is only. | The Free Press 1 The Free Press The Project Gutenberg eBook The Free Press by Hilaire Belloc This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Free Press Author Hilaire Belloc Release Date March 19 2006 eBook 18018 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FREE PRESS E-text prepared by Thierry Alberto Richard J. Shiffer and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http THE FREE PRESS by The Free Press 2 HILAIRE BELLOC London George Allen Unwin Ltd. Ruskin House 40 Museum Street 1 First published in 1918 All rights reserved DEDICATION KINGS LAND SHIPLEY HORSHAM. October 14 1917. MY DEAR ORAGE I dedicate this little essay to you not only because The New Age which is your paper published it in its original form but much more because you were I think the pioneer in its modern form at any rate of the Free Press in this country. I well remember the days when one used to write to The New Age simply because one knew it to be the only paper in which the truth with regard to our corrupt politics or indeed with regard to any powerful evil could be told. That is now some years ago but even to-day there is only one other paper in London of which this is true and that is the New Witness. Your paper and that at present edited by Mr. Gilbert Chesterton are the fullest examples of the Free Press we have. It is significant I think that these two papers differ entirely in the philosophies which underlie their conduct and in the social ends at which they aim. In other words they differ entirely in religion which is the ultimate spring of all political action. There is perhaps no single problem of any importance in private or in public morals which the one would not attempt to solve in a fashion .