true that too little heed is paid to the fact that unwilful misrepresentation is often quite as serious in effect.

Worst of all is the refusal to rectify a known error. Cursed be the man who initiated the policy of never making a retraction in the columns of his journal! The mere fact that an individual, whether right or wrong, is virtually voiceless and helpless in controversy with a newspaper, should and does morally vest him with the right to exceptional consideration. A lie once started can never be stopped, but the one responsible for its circulation, directly or indirectly, who fails to exert every possible endeavor to that end is unworthy of association with decent men. An American newspaper should be an American gentleman.

Unite the two under the

To see the right is genius; to do it is courage. banner of sane idealism, and the most potent force in the cause of progress, enlightenment, and good will lie in the free press of America.

Quite recently Pope Pius X. received a Catholic journalist, and in the course of conversation he took a pen from the hand of his visitor, blessed it, and gave it back with the following words:

Nowadays there is no more exalted mission in the world than that of a journalist. I bless the symbol of your profession. My predecessors pronounced their blessings on the swords and weapons of Christian warriors. I count myself happy to invoke heaven's blessing upon the pen of a Catholic journalist.

We could well wish that the example of the Holy Father were adopted in Catholic circles generally. If it were, the Catholic newspaper would be better appreciated and its representatives would be treated with more courtesy. But it is too much to expect the same large view or the same good taste or the same wisdom and Catholicity of spirit in other quarters, as the Catholic journalist finds in the Pope, who considers himself happy to have an opportunity of invoking a blessing on the Catholic journalist's pen.

M. C. M.

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