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Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything;
The world's a fine believing world, write news.
Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything;
The world's a fine believing world, write news.
The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with
care,
His mind at the bottom of business, read more
The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with
care,
His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of a
chair,
His chair-arm an elbow supporting, his right hand upholding his
head,
His eyes on his dusty table, with different documents spread.
A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the
Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.
A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the
Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.
[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who
have failed in their career.
[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who
have failed in their career.
A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon,
A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,
Condemn'd to drudge, the read more
A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon,
A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,
Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of the mean,
And furbish falsehoods for a magazine.
Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, read more
Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.
Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.