Then he spoke gently but firmly.
"Clark, what in your honest opinion is the right standard for determining conduct?
Is the only right standard for every one, the probable action of Jesus Christ?
Would you say that the highest, best law for a man to live by was contained in asking the question, What would Jesus do ?' And then doing it regardless of results?
In other words, do you think men everywhere ought to follow Jesus' example as closely as they can in their daily lives ?" Clark turned red, and moved uneasily in his chair before he answered the editor's question.
"Why--yes--I suppose if you put it on the ground of what men ought to do there is no other standard of conduct.

But the question is, What is feasible?
Is it possible to make it pay?
To succeed in the newspaper business we have got to conform to custom and the recognized methods of society.

We can't do as we would in an ideal world." "Do you mean that we can't run the paper strictly on Christian principles and make it succeed ?" "Yes, that's just what I mean.

It can't be done.

We'll go bankrupt in thirty days." Norman did not reply at once.