The editorial strategy of the 'World' is seemingly rested upon the theory that in a desperate cause, it is well to ask a little less than you hope to get. I think you should ask more.
'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.
Even the revolutionary writer will err if he fails to grasp the enormous effectiveness of occasional understatement.
All spiritual things must have in them a childlike quality. The belief in immortality rests not very much on the hope of going on. Few of us want to do that, but we would like very much to begin again.
A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
I do not see a necessary connection between proletarian literature and some set percentage of words which bring the blushes to a maiden's cheek.
