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The Power of the Press

           Thishadbroughttothefore,onceandforall,asbyaflashoflightning,thewholeproblemofmassagainstclass,andhadgivenitsuchanairingasinviewofthecheerful,optimistic,almostinconsequentialAmericanmindhadnotpreviouslybeenpossible.Itchanged,quiteasaneruptionmight,thewholefaceofthecommerciallandscape.Manthoughtthereaftersomewhatmoreaccuratelyofnationalandcivicthings.Whatwasanarchism?Whatsocialism?Whatrightshadtherankandfile,anyhow,ineconomicandgovernmentaldevelopment?Suchwereinterestingquestions,andfollowingthebombwhichactedasagreatstonecastinthewatertheseripple-ringsofthoughtwerestillwideningandemanatinguntiltheytookinsuchsupposedlyremoteandimpregnablequartersaseditorialoffices,banksandfinancialinstitutionsgenerally,andthehauntsofpoliticaldignitariesandtheirjobs.

           Inthefaceofthis,however,Cowperwoodwasnotdisturbed.Hedidnotbelieveineitherthestrengthofthemassesortheirultimaterights,thoughhesympathizedwiththeconditionofindividuals,anddidbelievethatmenlikehimselfweresentintotheworldtobetterperfectitsmechanismandhabitableorder.Oftennow,inthesepreliminarydays,helookedatthelargecompaniesofmenwiththeirhorsesgatheredinandabouttheseveralcarbarnsofthecompany,andwonderedattheirstate.Somanyofthemweresodull.Theywereratherlikeanimals,patient,inartistic,hopeless.

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