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Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

A Preface to Politics

Lippmann, Walter

Walter Lippmann

(American writer upon public questions, born 1889)

YOU don’t have to preach honesty to men with a creative purpose. Let a human being throw the energies of his soul into the making of something, and the instinct of workmanship will take care of his honesty. The writers who have nothing to say are the ones you can buy; the others have too high a price. A genuine craftsman will not adulterate his product; the reason isn’t because duty says he shouldn’t, but because passion says he couldn’t.