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Lincoln Steffens was an American journalist and writer known for his critical reporting on American politics and social issues. His work had a profound impact on American social reform in the early 20th century.

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“My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion.”

Mother Father Games Too Much Honor Occasions

Book:The World of Lincoln Steffens

Source: The World of Lincoln Steffens

“If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.”

Ifs Might Father Realizing Watches Son Immortality My Son

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Source: The World of Lincoln Steffens

“My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.”

Knows Father

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“My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline.”

Light Mother Father Discipline

Book:The World of Lincoln Steffens

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“I hunted far enough to suspect that the Fathers of the Republic who wrote our Sacred Constitution of the United States not only did not, but did not want to, establish a democratic government.”

Want States Enough Government Father United United States Constitution Sacred Democratic Suspects Republic Hunted Constitution Of The United States Democratic Government

Book:The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens

Source: The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens

“My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into the awkward position of an authority; I thought he knew and was right on everything - for a while.”

Made Father Parent Mistake Position Serious Authority Awkward Serious Mistakes

Book:The World of Lincoln Steffens

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“My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.”

Care Father Practice Jokes Practicals Practical Joke

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“I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.”

Father Boys Likes Strings My Boys

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“My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh.”

Father Laughing Feet Kicks Seats Invites Stools

Book:The World of Lincoln Steffens

Source: The World of Lincoln Steffens

“One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was awful. Late into the night I would lie awake tossing and wondering what he was going to do to me. Usually he did nothing. A quiet, impressive 'talking to' was all I got.”

Lying Night Father Talking Wonder Morning Childhood Quiet Late Improvement Punishment Awful Awake I Have Learned Impressive

Book:The World of Lincoln Steffens

Source: The World of Lincoln Steffens

About the Author

Born: April 6, 1866
Died: August 9, 1936
Known for: Author
Quotes: 54

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The World of Lincoln SteffensRelated source material

The Autobiography of Lincoln SteffensRelated source material

The Shame of the CitiesRelated source material

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