culture of secrecy

 
 

'Anonymity had in part been a device to elevate the struggling profession above Grub Street hacks. Just as the doctors and lawyers were defining their calling against mere trade by imposing restrictions on personal advertisement, so too the gentlemanly journalists distinguished themselves from those writing just for money by their distaste for self-publicity.'
vincent | webcite

 

 

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