MC2
01-02-2008, 12:07 AM
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To the Public
To bring out a New Paper at the present day; when so many others are already established and confirmed in the public opinion, is certainly an arduous undertaking; and no one can be more fully aware of its difficulties than I am:
I, nevertheless, entertain very sanguine hope, that the nature of the plan on which this paper will be conducted; will endure it a moderate fanfare at least of public favour;
But my pretensions to encouragement, however strong they may appear in my own eyes, must be tried before a tribunal not liable to be blinded by self-opinion;
to that tribunal I shall now, as I am bound to do, submit these pretensions with difference, and the public will judge whether they are well or ill founded.
It is very far from my intention to detract from the acknowledged merit of the Daily Papers now in existence. ...
It is intended then that the speeches will not be given on a large scale; the substance shall be faithfully preserved, but all the uninteresting parts will be omitted.
and compared to the other morning papers it will be found to have the merit of containing in substance what they give in long detail (which men in business cannot well spare the time to read)
The inconvenience of the old and tedious mode of composing first suggested the idea of devising some more expeditious method
But the bare idea was merely the opening, not the accomplishment or the perfection of the improvement.
This was a work of inconceivable difficulty.
I undertook it however, and was fortunate enough, after an infinite number of experiments, and great labour, to bring it to a happy conclusion.
The [Times], in its politics, will be of no party: weakened as the country is by a long and expensive war, and rent by intestine divisions, nothing but the union of all parties can save it from destruction.
Moderate men, therefore, I trust, will countenance a paper, which has for one of its objects to cool the animosities, stifle the resentments, manage the personal honour and reconcile the principles of contending parties;
while the favours of those will be courted who support principles, by fair argument, and think that a good cause may be injured by personalities, and low invective abuse and attack the man rather than the measure, will always be disregarded.
Such is the plan laid out for the conduct of this paper: he now sends it forth into the world, in hopes that it will appear to the public deserving of their encouragement.
J Walter
[Jan 1, 1785]
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Relevant to the launch of/the case for .mobi, the birth of Mobility, and the latest bump on the road? You decide.
Full copy of the original here, courtesy of Mobility member domainatrix:
http://www.kuijsten.de/ouwekranten/sub/k0011_01.html
Happy New Year, Mobility, and thank you for being here!
The recovering NP addict still known as Mobi Cheap
:turtle:
To the Public
To bring out a New Paper at the present day; when so many others are already established and confirmed in the public opinion, is certainly an arduous undertaking; and no one can be more fully aware of its difficulties than I am:
I, nevertheless, entertain very sanguine hope, that the nature of the plan on which this paper will be conducted; will endure it a moderate fanfare at least of public favour;
But my pretensions to encouragement, however strong they may appear in my own eyes, must be tried before a tribunal not liable to be blinded by self-opinion;
to that tribunal I shall now, as I am bound to do, submit these pretensions with difference, and the public will judge whether they are well or ill founded.
It is very far from my intention to detract from the acknowledged merit of the Daily Papers now in existence. ...
It is intended then that the speeches will not be given on a large scale; the substance shall be faithfully preserved, but all the uninteresting parts will be omitted.
and compared to the other morning papers it will be found to have the merit of containing in substance what they give in long detail (which men in business cannot well spare the time to read)
The inconvenience of the old and tedious mode of composing first suggested the idea of devising some more expeditious method
But the bare idea was merely the opening, not the accomplishment or the perfection of the improvement.
This was a work of inconceivable difficulty.
I undertook it however, and was fortunate enough, after an infinite number of experiments, and great labour, to bring it to a happy conclusion.
The [Times], in its politics, will be of no party: weakened as the country is by a long and expensive war, and rent by intestine divisions, nothing but the union of all parties can save it from destruction.
Moderate men, therefore, I trust, will countenance a paper, which has for one of its objects to cool the animosities, stifle the resentments, manage the personal honour and reconcile the principles of contending parties;
while the favours of those will be courted who support principles, by fair argument, and think that a good cause may be injured by personalities, and low invective abuse and attack the man rather than the measure, will always be disregarded.
Such is the plan laid out for the conduct of this paper: he now sends it forth into the world, in hopes that it will appear to the public deserving of their encouragement.
J Walter
[Jan 1, 1785]
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Relevant to the launch of/the case for .mobi, the birth of Mobility, and the latest bump on the road? You decide.
Full copy of the original here, courtesy of Mobility member domainatrix:
http://www.kuijsten.de/ouwekranten/sub/k0011_01.html
Happy New Year, Mobility, and thank you for being here!
The recovering NP addict still known as Mobi Cheap
:turtle: