Every One Who Has A Heart, However

The Novelist Must Look On Humanity Without Partiality Or Prejudice. His Sympathy, Like That Of The Historian, Must Be Unbounded, And Untainted By Sect Or Party.

America Is Supposed To Be Given Over To Ugliness. There Are A Good Many Ugly Things There And The Ugliest Are The Most Pretentious.

Ottawa - A Sub-arctic Lumber-village Converted By Royal Mandate Into A Political Cockpit.

The Materials Of The Novelist Must Be Real; They Must Be Gathered From The Field Of Humanity By His Actual Observation.

Dante Himself Is Open To The Suspicion Of Partiality: It Is Said, Not Without Apparent Ground, That He Puts Into Hell All The Enemies Of The Political Cause, Which, In His Eyes, Was That Of Italy And God.