"It isn't an easy thing," said Mr. Brad, "to cater to a public that gets tired of anything in about three days."
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That Fortune by
Charles Dudley Warner
To see both sides is indeed the requisite of a great lawyer, but to see the opposite side only in order to win, as in looking over an opponent's hand in a game of cards.
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That Fortune by
Charles Dudley Warner
Whatever may be said about the power of the press, it is undeniable that it can set the entire public thinking and talking about any topic.
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That Fortune by
Charles Dudley Warner
Few people can resist doing what is universally expected of them. This invisible pressure is more difficult to stand against than individual tyranny.
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That Fortune by
Charles Dudley Warner
His experience at the publishers had taught him one important truth, and that is that a big subject does not make a big writer, that all that any mind can contribute to the general thought of the world in literature is what is in itself, and if there is nothing in himself it is vain for the writer to go far afield for a theme.
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That Fortune by
Charles Dudley Warner