The obscure Libertaire is given an enormous quantity of free advertising, the anarchist propaganda is carried on by its enemies, and a martyr is made of a man with no special vocation for martyrdom. To be sure, the offender is in durance for a twelve-month, but he is not silent; and nobody is deterred from following his example. A clearer instance of making a mountain out of a molehill it would be hard to find.
Chapter VII
THE CHARACTER OF THE PROPAGANDIST “PAR LE FAIT”
“Give the devil his due.”—Popular proverb.