Thus, then, stands the case. It is good, that authors should be remunerated; and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the evil; but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of securing the good.
Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable.
The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals.