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at times influence the policy of The New York Times,
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On this occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the present management I wish first to make our grateful acknowledgments to the several hundred thousand readers of The New York Times who have expressed by their patronage their endorsement of the kind of newspaper we are endeavoring to produce. We are fully sensible of the fact that our
editorial position on public questions has not always
had the unanimous approval of our readers; many
honestly differ from us; but whether we are right
or wrong our views are not directly or indirectly
presented with any thought that they may please or
displease a reader. We do not now nor have we ever
sought readers because of our favorable or unfavor
able attitude toward men or measures. So we flatter
ourselves that the third of a million persons who
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