“He said, ‘Go West, young man, and grow up with the country,’ and printed it at the head of his newspaper every day.”
“Oh! Did you ever hear of Mudford?”
“No.”
“What, never heard of Mudford, the famous editor of the Standard?”
“No.”
“Ever heard of Nicol Dunn?”
“No.”
“He edited the Morning Post in its better days. Ever heard of Frederick Greenwood?”
“No.”
“Never heard of Frederick Greenwood? Why, he was the greatest journalist England ever produced. He inspired Disraeli with the idea of buying the Suez Canal. If we don’t know about your journalists, I see you don’t know about ours.”