“It was not a Yale man’s profession. Toward the end of the school year, Luce spent an afternoon in one of his favorite places, the Elizabethan Club, where Sims, the butler, served the Lit men tea. Seeing Luce, the father of Hadden’s fellow Pundit Thornton Wilder swept Luce up and sat him down in a corner. “Harry, don’t,” the former diplomat Amos Wilder said. “Don’t go into journalism.” He began to speak so feelingly that his eyes filled with tears. “I beg of you. It will corrupt and corrode you. It will turn your wine into vinegar. You will lose your soul.” Wilner, Isaiah. The Man Time Forgot: A Tale of Genius, Betrayal, and the Creation of Time Magazine (Kindle Locations 1140-1144). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. ”
