“When newspapers are the principal vehicles of the wit and wisdom of a people, the higher graces of composition can hardly be looked for.” PeopleGraceHigherWitNewspapersVehiclePrincipalCompositionWit And Wisdom Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“Throughout all ranks of society, from the successful merchant, which is the highest, to the domestic serving man, which is the lowest, they are all too actively employed to read, except at such broken moments as may suffice for a peep at a newspaper. It is for this reason, I presume, that every American newspaper is more or less a magazine.” MenMayReasonMomentsReadingUnited StatesSuccessfulBrokenHighestNewspapersMagazinesServingLowestEmployedMerchants Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“To an American writer, I should think it must be a flattering distinction to escape the admiration of the newspapers.” ThinkingShouldUnited StatesNewspapersDistinctionAdmirationFlatteringAmerican Writer Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
