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Henry Louis Mencken — Part 1
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again, 3 T en observed..| “The relativity of moral ideas ; Aa ‘
et E Ae author set-ifs proved anew every time there . Bite 3 aM ‘
ted himself in an easy chair en-lis ¢ war. Whatever the enemy o Puke aa
eireled by cigar smoke and toldidoes, however gallant or reason- 5 ae
of the beok he pul together iniable, is denounced as immearal,! octet ft
1848, then “forgot.” and what the home ‘boys. do,-
Xi will be published in Mey, however brutal and dishonorable, |
por:
Mr. Mencken said, and he took ig praised as heroie.
forward with pleasure to the Views.on the Soul
heated replies his barbed epi- “No one blames a man for be-
Bea I conta islah” he cane jieving that his wife is beautiful,
He dismissed with a wave of Bue # is Smpossibie to pre
his hand {he vibrant controversy/GS2U5S) in Une presence oF one
that Kghts up the thousands of/¥h0 beleves that he has an im- :
essays and scores of other books|ottal soul pf some vaguely
he has produced indus 9h-years aseous nature and that: it will :
“ “This one, he belleves, may be continue to exist 400 milion :
“more so.” years after he had been shoveled
: Wetebook of Essaye AWRY. ae }
; “The fact ‘that I have ‘no
The book, to be called “Mi- the. .
him low and limited his powere(oerone Yours. It simply supports
ef communteation, If is, as hele g fake. Bre - ours!
Bays, @ _ notebook containing “The Russian proletarians who
caleeneiane: beeenecai dean at and heppy by the triump
"T scribbled ideas down as theYithe Marxian gospel are stil est.
ecourred to me. Then after I'dling herring and black bread and
gotten Hall of my chest I publgetting $7 cash a month, but
a title on the whole hedge podgeitheir saviours afe riding ehout
and wrote a preface for 1° "Mrsin imported cars, sleeping with
Mencken. said. ; pexfumied women and living in
The material was stuffed intelsteam-heated fats. Ifis be true,
# folder and buried in the hugelas the American Communists al-
pile of correspondence, notes. and ilege, that 10 per cent of the
other papers he hes collected: {American people own 96° per
Several weeks ago, Mr. Menck-/eent of the national wealth,
en's secretary found the manu-jthen jt 4s equally true thet 5
scrip .among @ pile of paperwiper cent of the Russians eat
headed for the Enoch Prattios per cent of the caviar and
Library for fnelusion in, the [drink 100 per cent of the cham-~
bagne,”
Wash. Post and
Times Herold
Wash. News
Wash. Star 4
N.Y. Herald 2.
Tribune
N.Y. Minor
N.Y. Dail News
Daily Worker —
The Worker —,
New Leader
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