The sketch of Mr. Garrison appears not because of the
author's relationship to that militant reformer, but
solely to recall to the public mind the hour when "a
poor, unlearned young man," as Lowell called him,
could create without a single cent of capital a medium
to expound his burning views.

While nothing has been set down in malice, the
author must admit a bias. It is the bias of one who
has belonged to the profession for twenty-six years,
when many another fruitful and less arduous intel-
lectual opportunity beckoned; of one who cannot wit-
ness its rapid decadence without sharp pain. It is
also the bias of one who, together with three other
members of his family, has had the privilege of serv-
ing journalistic ideals for one hundred and five
years, as long a consecutive newspaper service as that
of any other American family.

OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD.

New York, October 1, 1923.