“Not necessarily detail,” I answered; “certain definite details are essential.”
They said to leave out the irrelevant, the inharmonious, the unnecessary. I said:
3. To leave out the unimportant.
“Can you see,” I asked, “how that will apply to life?”
4. Must have variety and many-sidedness.
That is, contrast, rhythm, the all-roundness which makes the whole.
We had just begun to speak of the next law when I was called from the room.
As I returned, Henry said to me: “Well, then, let us write down: ‘must not be for or against.’”
So they had formulated it while I was away. I answered: “Rather let us use the word ‘partisan,’ which means part, not whole.”
5. Must not be partisan, and must be sympathetic.