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Henry Louis Mencken — Part 1
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: the plain peopte, Democrats and Regubti- ; ‘
_gacte alikeg. “When they, execute that Bah”. ges in the axalted rights and
date they are palpably Within thelr SEMEN tien that go with Bie oficg, ind ding sree in
” The speciaiiata aforesaid ave the aem® Coany the right Co jug the isity at hie |
naties-‘who shake the ale with sobs every * yint to sweat apd: mang, Them, to abject |.
Hud the Postmaster General of the United “phere to the third dewret, and ta sibdtae /
. Beater bas. a periodical frost the malt... gute resistunes byt ‘desting ont
probibilien enforcement oicer aurdere &
oO eseptiegger whe casiota his levies, and avery
_ vise agente of the Department of. Tustcs.
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: a eee Bh ee ee heer the caurta of ficot instance snd ratified fa. 5 -
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x, eam Reus tare ang Tehoy are-radicale, Unibed States, The one sim of the aon-
. Bolshevik. “They are men stand. Ge be sRteZUaTt Paes ee eee Gadtel
* fuged contempt of American institutions, - Be security, and te substitute & judicial |
god in enmity be American idealisn. And é 4 ‘
“Gyeis ev% geincipies arene lesa offensivg ~_ teraction of discordant egos. © Yiea are
te pight-ihinking and red-blooded Amesi ~ Let a: imegine an example, “Yost art
a. % ‘eat is wealth SRY, & peaceably citizen! oa your way boos :
ct. eens whens they are editors of such we i - rear place of employment. A palise {
. and guissant wewapapers aa the Evening
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“> Bad to scratch ous with @ plichfork ia te teolling dacisions, tougnificently attained, [ a
Sunpaper thaa when they are degraded sergeant, detecting you in the erowd, ap | -
“é “ae ig ingernay ~ preaches you, lays bis hand om yoor toh 4:
= Ewes throwing ha one tee Rotery >, fr and Informs you that you are wader
Chis LETS %
_. What.aila theo primarily ie the ignoraat: - i, crazy, and take to your heels, He por
wed acritical monomania thet a@tiels ~ quay pat. Yaa continue te run. “Re polls |
avery sort af fakatic, at all times aad p22 revolver and fires at you! He misses
Wrerywhers, Having mastered with thelr} yom He fires agate and fetches you ly
himited fecuities the crude’ principles s8% ° the jeg. You fall and be is apow you
eforth in tha BIN of Right, bey work” ‘you prepare to resist Kis apparentig mank-
themselves inte a: passionate conviction ~ geal assault. Ha beats you into ‘ieeensi- |
hat those principles aught by Me enforced ility with his eepantoen, aad drags you
*\" “piesona, Pa in ISTR iAoazed by the ae
Hterally, and withayt the alightest regard. | to the petrol box cg ten a as
fov cireumstances gad. expediency. Bip. Asvivad at the watch Yiouse you are
weane eerest fo killing & brolley, condoctox fe °
; gusation: you decide hastily thet the cop 5.
precisely as ff a Righ church Episcopal ~ jocked in a room with five detectives, and | “St
imecter, accidentatly looking Inte the Bock . for sis hours they question you with aubtie
ronicies, and espectelly Chapter TE - ack You grow angry—-perhans robbed of
@nkddenty fsaue a mandate from hig -"your ekatomary politeness by the throb {
pit ardering his parishioners, on penalty. . fing In your Kead and leg—and piswer *
ef excomuidsication And the fires of bell, =. tartly.- Theg kmeck yoo GQwayy Having
to follow weectiy the dxamnpls therein nel - falldd ta wring € confession. frond: yoo,
: t:~ “And Jesus begad bie first “. thay Jock you is a ‘cel, and leave goa |
and ADinadeb the secend, kid" Exere OY night. ¢Tha next day you new}
Shimma the: Uurd, Methenvel the fourth,“ - takes te policg headquarters, your photo- |
Raddal the AGH, Geem the sixth, Dovid ? graph te made for the Rogues” Gaiters, (-
the seventh,” and go on. Ibmight bewery and a print ie duty deposited in the section *
‘S pound thactagy, but Bowould surety’ be ouk ~ tabeled ‘Murdereca.”. You are thea |
" @fcharmony with aiedern ideas, wad the . earted to jail dnd Iocked up again. “There ‘
mpyerend gentleman would be extremely -_ you vemain willl the trolley conductor's |
- fucky if the bishop did not give: hiss 16 .* wife comes down from Altosna ta identify
date id the diocesan catationse: iwi tl gee. She astonishes the cope by saying
See with the Bul of Rights
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