Excerpt from The School of Journalism in Columbia University: The Power of Public Opinion They object, the critics and cavillers, that a newspaper man must depend solely upon natural aptitude or, in the common phrase, that he must be born, not made. Perhaps the critics can name. Some great editor, born full winged like Mercury, the messenger of the gods? I know of none. The only position that occurs to me which a man in our Republic can successfully fill by the simple fact of birth is that of an idiot. Ls there any other position for which a man does not demand and receive training - training at home, training in schools and colleges, training by master craftsmen, or training through bitter experience - through the burns that make the child dread the fire, through blunders costly to the aspirant? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.