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5970. NEWSPAPERS, Reform by.—

This formidable censor of the public functionaries,
by arraigning them at the tribunal of
public opinion, produces reform peaceably,
which must otherwise be done by revolution.
It is also the best instrument for enlightening
the mind of man, and improving him as a
rational, moral, and social being.—
To M. Coray. Washington ed. vii, 324.
(M. 1823)