I Am Neither An Optimist Nor Pessimist,

The Fact Is That Life Has Become A Sweepstake. Millions Of People Who Have Lost The Sense Of Being Able To Make Anything Of The Collective Effort Of Shaping Their Economic Society, Now Expect Fortune To Descend Like Pie From The Sky.

The Seven Deadly Sins Of The Press: - Concentrated Power Of The Big Press. - Passing Of Competition And The Coming Of Monopoly. - Governmental Control Of The Press. - Timidity, Especially In The Face Of Group And Corporate Pressures. - Big Business Mentality. - Clannishness Among The Newspaper Publishers That Has Prevented Them From Criticizing Each Other. - Social Blindness.

The Politics Of Surprise Leads Through The Gates Of Astonishment Into The Kingdom Of Hope.

There Are Some Who Become Spies For Money, Or Out Of Vanity And Megalomania, Or Out Of Ambition, Or Out Of A Desire For Thrills. But The Malady Of Our Time Is Of Those Who Become Spies Out Of Idealism.

The Crime Of Book Purging Is That It Involves A Rejection Of The Word. For The Word Is Never Absolute Truth, But Only Man's Frail And Human Effort To Approach The Truth. To Reject The Word Is To Reject The Human Search.