Publication date 1919 topics american literature, american essays publisher new york, knopf collection. I have read, literally, hundreds of volumes upon it, and uncountable numbers of pamphlets, handbills and inflammatory wallcards, and yet it leaves the primary. An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. Mencken would skewer hillary clinton and donald trump. Mencken the following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. He was of german ancestry and spoke german in his childhood. Publication date 1926 topics hl mencken, democracy, america collection opensource. Henry louis mencken was born september 12, 1880 in baltimore, maryland, where he remained all his life.
View the list love is like a beautiful flower which i may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same. Mencken collection consists of writings, correspondence, and other. The renowned baltimore journalist who said that national political conventions and politicians were. Mencken and george jean nathan 108 downloads europe after 8. Alamy t he american century began in 1917 when president wilson declared war. When henry was three, his family moved into a new home at 1524 hollins street facing union square park in the union square neighborhood of old west baltimore. He became a reporter for the baltimore morning herald. In his capacity as editor, mencken became close friends with the leading literary figures of his time. Mencken, in full henry louis mencken, born september 12, 1880, baltimore, maryland, u. The sahara of the bozart this produced a ferocious reaction in the south, and i was belabored for months, and even years afterward in a very extravagant manner. Menckens a book of prefaces for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc. Generations later, in a climate that is still rife with threats and destructive acts against jews and jewish institutions, those who defend a writer such as h.
His parents, august mencken, a cigar manufacturer, and anna abhau, were german emigrants who arrived in the united states during the midnineteenth century. Mencken was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 12, 1880. First, second, and third series, hubsta ltd 92 copy quote the plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas readymade. Mencken quotes on politics, religion, and the american public view gallery famed for his rapier wit as much as his illtemperament, henry louis h. On the heels of the violent denunciations of the elder. This list includes the likes of adobe acrobat reader dc. A voracious reader and an extraordinary student, henry mencken first. The essay in its final form, as it is here reproduced, dates sadly, but i have let it stand as a sort of historical document. Mencken rose to national prominence as a journalist and correspondent for the baltimore sun. Find in a library buy a copy download this page pdf download left page pdf.
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