I keep square all right with my own conscience.

Of course, there's lots that's repugnant in the course of the day's work.
But then, you see, that's all part of the day's work," he wound up boyishly.
"Yet you expect to sit at an editor's desk some day and conduct a policy." "I'll be case-hardened by that time," was his reply.
"Since you are not yet case-hardened, tell me what you think right now about the general editorial policy." "I don't think," he answered quickly.

"One can't kick over the ropes if he's going to succeed in journalism.

I've learned that much, at any rate." And he nodded his young head sagely.
"But the right ?" I persisted.
"You don't understand the game.

Of course it's all right, because it comes out all right, don't you see ?" "Delightfully vague," I murmured; but my heart was aching for the youth of him, and I felt that I must either scream or burst into tears.
I was beginning to see through the appearances of the society in which I had always lived, and to find the frightful realities that were beneath.
There seemed a tacit conspiracy against Jackson, and I was aware of a thrill of sympathy for the whining lawyer who had ingloriously fought his case.