 For the people it was a campaign of study and analysis , of exhortation and conviction — a campaign of search for economic and political truth . Pamphlets tumbled from the presses , to be snatched up eagerly , to be read , reread , studied , debated , to become guides to economic thought and political action . They were printed and distributed by the million , enough to provide several copies for every man , woman , and child in the country ; but the people clamored for more . Favorite pamphlets became dog @-@ eared , grimy , fell apart as their owners laboriously restudied their arguments and quoted from them in public and private debate . 
