Tough Tarbell Trivia

[Steve]

“I have never been one who felt that the praise of him you believe to be a good man is a shame to a writer, any more than I have felt the condemnation of a man you believe evil is a particular virtue in a writer.”

I don't if the above quote is intended as some sort of apology; if it isn't - I'm not don't why Tarbell would apologize for the Young biography.

Some reviewers of the book thought she wasn't critical enough of the man.