“He acknowledged that in the muckraking days, he would have shared their anger and quit, but his thinking had changed since the Russian Revolution. “I was sure that it was useless—it was almost wrong—to fight for the right under our… — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share Image
“Still influenced by his university days in the lab, Steffens hoped that his reporting would produce “facts of scientific value” on labor issues in… — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share
“Ultimately, the salon, Steffens noted, helped change the public perception of Greenwich Village, although hardly in the manner Dodge had hoped. What had been… — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share
“McClure was a very generous man who took an active interest in the work of his writers and truly wished to satisfy them. A… — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share
“In my judgment, we suffer quite as much from exaggerated, hysterical, and untruthful or slanderous statements in the press as from any wrongdoing by… — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share
“Even a cigar company joined the rush to praise Steffens by naming a cigar after him and featuring his face on the box.” — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share
“He acknowledged that in the muckraking days, he would have shared their anger and quit, but his thinking had changed since the Russian Revolution.… — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share
“Logic doesn’t work in human relations, I guess,” he told Ella. “I try to understand myself as I tried to understand the bosses in… — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share
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