A Journalist Prays To Patron Saint
To St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists, a troubled editor once prayed—“ Saint Francis, dear patron of a harrowed tribe, bestow on us, thy servants, a little more of thy critical spirit, and a little less on our readers; confer on our subscribers the grace of condescension in overlooking our faults, the grace of light in acknowledging our merits. Make them less partial to compliments, more callous to rebuke, less critical of misprints. Give us beautiful thoughts, brave thoughts so that we, thy children may have the courage to write as we think, and our readers the docility to think as we write.”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 44, 28 September 1949, Page 5
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