Put It Before Them Briefly

I Am Deeply Interested In The Progress And Elevation Of Journalism, Having Spent My Life In That Profession, Regarding It As A Noble Profession And One Of Unequaled Importance For Its Influence Upon The Minds And Morals Of The People

Every Issue Of The Paper Presents An Opportunity And A Duty To Say Something Courageous And True; To Rise Above The Mediocre And Conventional; To Say Something That Will Command The Respect Of The Intelligent, The Educated, The Independent Part Of The Community; To Rise Above Fear Of Partisanship And Fear Of Popular Prejudice. I Would Rather Have One Article A Day Of This Sort; And These Ten Or Twenty Lines Might Readily Represent A Whole Day's Hard Work In The Way Of Concentrated, Intense Thinking And Revision, Polish Of Style, Weighing Of Words.

I Want To Talk To A Nation, Not To A Select Committee.

A Newspaper That Is True To Its Purpose Concerns Itself Not Only With The Way Things Are But With The Way They Ought To Be.

My Especial Object Is To Help The Poor; The Rich Can Help Themselves. I Believe In Self-made Men.