" I look at a young man entering
journalism to see what part of a paper
he reads first in the morning. If he
turns first to the political page that is
a good symptom of his tendencies. It
he takes up a magazine and begins on
a love story he will never make a news
paper man, though he may make a
good writer of love stories. To know
politics one must know not merely the
recondite part of politics, but practical
politics as well the history, the men,
their ideas, their deeds. One should
know where this Government came
lrom, where it belongs in the history
of mankind. You must study the
Constitution of the United States, of
the States, English history, from which
our constitutional history is so largely
derived. Study the history of all
European countries. The course of
human history offers a safe guide for
political action.
