July 20,1864.
I received this moment “The Express” of July 16, which you
sent me. It was to be expected that you would be sneered at. You recollect how “The
Tribune” ridiculed the Academy of Science. How can it be otherwise? The writers
of our journals are, as a general rule, young, irresponsible men, obliged to
write every day something that will take, something smart. Has it never struck
you, — what would have become of Christianity had it appeared in a world with
full-blown journalism? Nay, imagine even the Council of Trent with reporters
present! . . .
SOURCE: Thomas Sergeant Perry, Editor, The Life and
Letters of Francis Lieber, p. 350
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