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But, Mr. Mayor, I hope you will pardon the egotism of these remarks; for I did not prepare myself to say what I have said, and I was rather surprised into it by your mention of my book name. BUT MISTER MAYOR I HOPE YOU WILL PARDON THE EGOTISM OF THESE REMARKS FOR I DID NOT PREPARE MYSELF TO SAY WHAT I HAVE SAID AND I WAS RATHER SURPRISED INTO IT BY YOUR MENTION OF MY BOOK NAME
rdly less pernicious. The hero of these stories was a pirate, a highwayman, a smuggler, or a bandit. He was painted in glowing colors; and in admiring his boldness, my sympathies were with this outcast and outlaw. These books were bad, very bad; because they brought the reader into sympathy with evil and wicked men. It seemed to me that stories just as interesting, just as exciting if you please, could be written, without any of the evil tendencies of these harmful books. I have tried to do this in the stories I have written for young people. I have never written a story which could excite the love, admiration, and sympathy of the reader for an evil-minded person, a bad character. This has been my standard; and however others may regard it, I still deem it a safe one. I am willing to admit that I have sometimes been rather more "sensational" than I now wish I had been; but I have never made a hero whose moral character, or whose lack of high aims and purposes, could mislead the reader. EEN FILLED WITH BOOKS HARDLY LESS PERNICIOUS THE HERO OF THESE STORIES WAS A PIRATE A HIGHWAYMAN A SMUGGLER OR A BANDIT HE WAS PAINTED IN GLOWING COLORS AND ADMIRING HIS BOLDNESS MY SYMPATHIES WERE WITH THIS OUTCAST AND OUTLAW THESE BOOKS WERE BAD VERY BAD BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT THE READER INTO SYMPATHY WITH EVIL AND WICKED MEN IT SEEMED TO ME THAT STORIES JUST AS INTERESTING JUST AS EXCITING IF YOU PLEASE COULD BE WRITTEN WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE EVIL TENDENCIES OF THESE HARMFUL BOOKS I HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS IN THE STORIES I HAVE WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN A STORY WHICH COULD EXCITE THE LOVE ADMIRATION AND SYMPATHY OF THE READER FOR AN EVIL MINDED PERSON A BAD CHARACTER THIS HAS BEEN MY STANDARD AND HOWEVER OTHERS MAY REGARD IT I STILL DEEM IT A SAFE ONE I AM WILLING TO ADMIT THAT I HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN RATHER MORE SENSATIONAL THAN I NOW WISH I HAD BEEN BUT I HAVE NEVER MADE A HERO OF WHOSE MORAL CHARACTER OR WHOSE LACK OF HIGH AIMS AND PURPOSES COULD MISLEAD THE READER
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