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Using the editing of psychoanalytic journals as a model, the conflicts experienced in setting standards involved in selection, separation, and differentiatedness are examined. Erich FROMM's analysis of the Apollonian and Dionysian traditions is cited, claiming that setting standards derives from a classical, intellectual posture, while failing to do so stems from a romantic orientation, in which the primary focus is compassion. It is argued that rigid standards without compassion result in isolating elitism; however, compassion without standards erodes quality, with consequent cynicism. Qualities of acceptability involve enlightenment, originality, scholarship, and literateness. Pitfalls for editors (and administrators of training programs) lie in their seduction by their needs for affiliation, desire for positive affect, and agreement with a writer's intentionality. The editor's task lies in confronting the anxiety of choice, his ability to tolerate disappointment and loss, and his willingness to use his power responsibly and judiciously. (References inadvertently omitted.)