The Press: Scorching Pen

Long ago, in the fierce and uncouth days of 1920, there was a pen more scorching than other pens, and it was wielded by one of the ablest partisans of those contentious days. Whether it was because of the scorching pen or the ability of the partisan, or whether there were other causes at work, is no longer known nor was it then, but it befell that victory came to the side of the partisan with the scorching pen. On victory followed strange mutations. The partisan became a diplomat, a courtier. The mind...

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