Only a writer "with Bennett's craft and brass could manage to praise and insult his readers at the same time.

Lincoln on a desire to hear Horace Greeley speak: "In print, every one of his words seems to weigh about a ton.

At times, said the founder of the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed to reach into the clouds and take out the thunderbolts.

I have not done enough for effect." Horace Greeley

Greeley knew no language but his, but of that, he possessed a most extraordinary mastery. An employee

Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.