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Chapter 30

           "AndI’lltellyou,"heinterrupted. "Thechiefqualificationofninety-ninepercentofalleditorsisfailure. Theyhavefailedaswriters. Don’tthinktheypreferthedrudgeryofthedeskandtheslaverytotheircirculationandtothebusinessmanagertothejoyofwriting. Theyhavetriedtowrite,andtheyhavefailed. Andrightthereisthecursedparadoxofit. Everyportaltosuccessinliteratureisguardedbythosewatch-dogs,thefailuresinliterature. Theeditors,sub-editors,associateeditors,mostofthem,andthemanuscript-readersforthemagazinesandbook-publishers,mostofthem,nearlyallofthem,aremenwhowantedtowriteandwhohavefailed. Andyetthey,ofallcreaturesunderthesunthemostunfit,aretheverycreatureswhodecidewhatshallandwhatshallnotfinditswayintoprintthey,whohaveprovedthemselvesnotoriginal,whohavedemonstratedthattheylackthedivinefire,sitinjudgmentuponoriginalityandgenius. Andafterthemcomethereviewers,justsomanymorefailures. Don’ttellmethattheyhavenotdreamedthedreamandattemptedtowritepoetryorfiction;fortheyhave,andtheyhavefailed. Why,theaveragereviewismorenauseatingthancod-liveroil. Butyouknowmyopiniononthereviewersandtheallegedcritics. Therearegreatcritics,buttheyareasrareascomets. IfIfailasawriter,Ishallhaveprovedforthecareerofeditorship. There’sbreadandbutterandjam,atanyrate." 

           Ruth’smindwasquick,andherdisapprovalofherlover’sviewswasbuttressedbythecontradictionshefoundinhiscontention. "But,Martin,ifthatbeso,ifallthedoorsareclosedasyouhaveshownsoconclusively,howisitpossiblethatanyofthegreatwriterseverarrived?" 

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