The Man with the Muckrake: Good vs. Evil Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)

Quote #4

Expose the crime, and hunt down the criminal; but remember that even in the case of crime, if it is attacked in sensational, lurid, and untruthful fashion, the attack may do more damage to the public mind than the crime itself. (31)

He's saying that, while there's no nuance in good and evil, there is nuance in how good and evil is done.

Quote #5

So far as this movement of agitation throughout the country takes the form of a fierce discontent with evil, of a determination to punish the authors of evil, whether in industry or politics, the feeling is to be heartily welcomed as a sign of healthy life. (56)

Disgust with evil is only useful if evil's fought afterwards. Even moralizing only is validated by action, not just words.