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Prejudices by H L. 1880-1956 Mencken, 2010-07-29 George Bernard Shaw; his plays by H L. 1880-1956 Mencken, 2010-09-09 Prejudices: third series by H L. 1880-1956 Mencken, 2010-09-08 Blanchette, and The escape by Eugene Brieux, Frederick Eisemann, et all 2010-07-29 Happy Days: Mencken's Autobiography: 1880-1892 (Maryland Paperback Bookshelf) by H. L. Mencken, 1996-06-19 Prejudices: third series. by H. L. Mencken. by Mencken. H. L. (Henry Louis). 1880-1956., 1922 In defense of women by H.L. Mencken. by Mencken. H. L. (Henry Louis). 1880-1956., 1922-01-01 The American language; an inquiry into the development of English in the United States, by H.L. Mencken by H. L. (Henry Louis) (1880-1956) Mencken, 1962 Europe after 8:15. by H. L. Mencken. George Jean Nathan. Willard by Mencken. H. L. (Henry Louis). 1880-1956., 1914-01-01 A book of burlesques. by H. L. Mencken. by Mencken. H. L. (Henry Louis). 1880-1956., 1921-01-01 Treatise on right and wrong / [by] H.L. Mencken by H. L. (Henry Louis) (1880-1956) Mencken, 1934-01-01 The American credo; a contribution toward the interpretation of the national mind by George Jean Nathan 1882-1958 Mencken H. L. (Henry Louis) 1880-1956 joint author, 1921-12-31 Mencken and Sara: A Life in Letters : The Private Correspondence of H.L. Mencken and Sara Haardt by H. L. Mencken, Sara Haardt, et all 1987-01 A book of calumny. By H. L. Mencken. by Mencken. H. L. (Henry Louis). 1880-1956., 1938-01-01

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41. Best Of H.L. Mencken
    The best of HLMencken, witty defender of liberty Henry Louis Mencken (18801956)was the most outspoken defender of liberty in America.  
    http://www.libertystory.net/LSSELECTIONSMENCKEN.htm
    
    Extractions: During the first half of the 20 th century, Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was the most outspoken defender of liberty in America. He spent thousands of dollars challenging restrictions on freedom of the press. He boldly denounced President Woodrow Wilson for whipping up patriotic fervor to enter World War I, which cost him his job as a newspaper columnist. And he denounced Franklin Delano Roosevelt for amassing dangerous political power and maneuvering to enter World War II. Amid the uproar, he ended up resigning his newspaper job. Although he was intensely controversial, Mencken earned respect as one of America’s foremost newspapermen and literary critics. He produced about 30 books, contributions to 20 more books, and thousands of newspaper columns.

42. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. The Defeat Of Alphonso: Guide.
    No Frames Version.  
    http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/deepLink?_collection=oasis&uniqueId

43. BrothersJudd.com - Review Of H. L. Mencken's The Vintage Mencken
    HL Mencken Henry Louis 18801956 (Gathered by Alistair Cooke 1908-) -PHOTO HL Mencken (1880-1956), journalist, editor, and critic (American History  
    http://www.brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/1010/Vin
    
    Extractions: -H.L. Mencken Epitaph The Smart Set , December 1921) There seems, even at this late date, some remote possibility that the revival of conservative thought in America may actually suffice to rescue the original reputation of H.L. Mencken, as a funny and profound critic of democracy, and save him from being remembered as only a cranky (perhaps even racist and anti-Semitic) columnist and the author of a decent early book on linguistics. This is not to diminish in any way the enduring value of The American Language ; it remains eminently readable and retains its significance as an important defense of the distinctiveness and even the superiority of American English to British English. At the time he wrote, Mr. Mencken's assertion may have seemed audacious, but who now would argue with his conclusion that : When two-thirds of the people who use a certain language decide to call it a freight train instead of a goods train, they are 'right';

44. BrothersJudd.com - Books By H. L. Mencken Reviewed
    The American Language (1936) HL Mencken (1880-1956) (GradeA). The VintageMencken (1955) - HL Mencken (1880-1956) (GradeA)  
    http://www.brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.authlist/author_id/855

45. H. L. Mencken - Definition Of H. L. Mencken By The Free Online Dictionary, Thesa
    Meaning of HL Mencken. What does HL Mencken mean? HL Mencken synonyms HL Mencken HL Mencken United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)  
    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/H. L. Mencken

46. The Greatest H.L. Mencken Quotes
    Dozens of HL Mencken s Greatest Quotations (dozens so far 2.25) Henry LouisMencken (18801956). For every complex problem there is a simple  
    http://www.arches.uga.edu/~jpetrie/mencken.html
    
    Extractions: For every complex problem there is a simple solution... and it is wrong. After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations. (On Shakespeare) Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another. An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other philosophers are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself. There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness. God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos; He will set them above their betters. The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-bye to the Bill of Rights.

47. SSSL: Bibliography: Writers: Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
    Writers Henry Louis Mencken (18801956). Time Period Modern Man of LettersA Census of the Correspondence of HL Mencken, Betty Adler (1969)  
    http://www.missq.msstate.edu/sssl/view.php?wid=69

48. The San Antonio College LitWeb H. L. Mencken Page
    18801956 ). Major Works Mencken is anthologized in The American Scene A Reader . The Diary of HL Mencken Edited by Charles A. Fecher. Knopf, 1989.  
    http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/mencken.htm

49. About The Friends Of The HL Mencken House
    on Hollins Street, was the residence of Henry Louis Mencken (18801956), I.) HL Mencken House Museum. Through acquisition of Mencken’s home at 1524  
    http://www.menckenhouse.org/about/about_us.htm
    
    Extractions: About The Friends of the H. L. Mencken House Home News About Us HLM ... Links For more than seventy years a row house in Baltimore, on Hollins Street, was the residence of Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956), one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. Once part of Baltimore’s City Life museums, the house, with many original furnishings, was a superlative example of how successful families lived during its era. For Mr Mencken, 1524 Hollins Street was “as much a part of me as my own two hands,” and his personality can be seen in everything from the parquet floors to the garden tiles. The City Life museums closed in 1997. The now stands empty, a shuttered burden for the City of Baltimore, which plans to dispose of the property. The purpose of the Friends of the H. L. Mencken House shall be educating the public about the life and legacy of H. L. Mencken, and acquiring Mencken’s lifelong residence at 1524 Hollins Street for the purpose of restoring, preserving and operating a nonprofit museum. The Friends of the H. L. Mencken House envisions implementing their mission through two avenues:

50. About HL Mencken
    Henry Louis Mencken (18801956) was born into a German-American family in HL Mencken was as famous in America as George Bernard Shaw was in England,  
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    Extractions: Home News About Us HLM ... Links Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was born into a German-American family in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the eldest son of August Mencken, a successful businessman who owned a tobacco business, and in whose footsteps the young boy was expected to follow. When he was not roaming the alleys and vacant lots of West Baltimore, he spent most of his time reading. When he was 8 years old he discovered Mark Twain that would have a profound influence on his life. About the same time his father bought him a small printing press, which helped form his interest in printing and newspapers. He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, where was valedictorian of the class of 1896. When he graduated, he wanted to become a newspaper reporter, but his father insisted that he go to college or work at the cigar factory, so Mencken chose the factory. When his father died of a stroke two years later, the 18-year old Mencken haunted the Baltimore Morning Herald city room every day until the editor gave him a job. He was the youngest reporter on the paper. Looking back on those days at the turn of the century, he later wrote: “I believe that a young journalist, turned loose in large city, had more fun than any other man.”

51. Every Man Is His Own Hell. -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) :: Quotations Alphabetic
    Every man is his own hell. HL Mencken (18801956) } Every man is his ownhell. HL Mencken (1880-1956). (From Quotations Alphabetic)  
    http://www.anvari.org/fortune/Quotations_Alphabetic/732.html

52. H.L. Mencken@Everything2.com
    Henry Louis Mencken (18801956) worked for a variety of publications across theUnited States, but lived his whole life in Baltimore, Md.  
    http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=H.L. Mencken

53. [About H.L. Mencken], UM Libraries
    HL Mencken. Table of Contents. Biography; Primary source materials; Full text works Henry Louis Mencken (18801956) has been described as the most  
    http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/RareCollection/Mencken/HLMresources.html
    
    Extractions: Biography Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) has been described as the most influential critic in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. Beginning as a newspaper reporter in his native Baltimore, H.L. Mencken's interests quickly broadened to include political, social and literary commentary. As editor with George Jean Nathan of the influential Jazz Age magazines, Smart Set and American Mercury , Mencken promoted modernism in literature, championing the causes of Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain among others. In newspaper columns and books, H.L. Mencken lampooned many social conventions and political icons. His targets included bigotry, intellectual posturing and corruption by public servants. Above all, H.L. Mencken loved the English language, reveling in its endless variety and subtle nuances. His multiple revisions of his masterpiece, The American Language , was a celebration of the written and spoken word.

54. [H.L. Mencken], UM Libraries
    HL Mencken (18801956) was American s most powerful and influential critic foralmost two decades. Trained as a newspaperman, Mencken reached the height of  
    http://www.lib.umd.edu/mdrm/historyday/2005/hlm.html
    
    Extractions: H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) was American's most powerful and influential critic for almost two decades. Trained as a newspaperman, Mencken reached the height of his powers in the 1920's when, as a writer for the Sun papers in Balitmore and an editor first of the Smart Set and then of the American Mercury , he became what the New York Times called "the most powerful citizen in America." As a commentator on social, religious, political and literary trends, H.L. Mencken was a man of pronounced opinions. His writings often caused a violent reaction in those offended by his views. Rather than shrinking from controversy, Mencken enjoyed verbal combat with his opponents, referring to it as “stirring up the animals.” Mencken was always controversial, opposing everything respectable and defending prostitution, alcohol, and war. His opinions were often unpopular with his publishers and in 1915 his support for Germany in World War I resulted in the suspension of his column in the Evening Sun . He was a particular foe of both Puritanism, which he saw as social force focused on enforcing morality, and its most objectionable manifestation, censorship. Writing from the pages of the

55. H. L. Mencken
    Henry Louis Mencken (18801956) was a compound of brilliance, wit, grit, gumption, HL Mencken is copyright © 1999 by John Patrick Michael Murphy.  
    http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/john_murphy/mencken.html
    
    Extractions: PAID ADVERTISEMENTS Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was a compound of brilliance, wit, grit, gumption, and humor who became one of the great writers and social critics of this fading century. His agnostic father quietly agreed with his Lutheran mother to send the young lad to Sunday school as long as he chose. He quit somewhere between Genesis and Exodus when he "got a firm conviction that the Christian faith was full of palpable absurdities, and the Christian God preposterous." He gave the experience a definition: " Sunday school: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents." Yet he became a responsible recognized biblical scholar. He would author 28 books, found two magazines and astound the nation with the punch of his sardonic wit as a Baltimore Sun columnist. He challenged his readers to think and speak out. "The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected,"

56. H L Mencken - Definition By Dict.die.net
    HL Mencken n United States journalist and literary critic (18801956) synMencken, HL Mencken, Henry Louis Mencken. die.net  
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57. Daffy-Nitions, S-Z
    HL Mencken, 18801956. Sunday School, A prison, in which children do HL Mencken, 1880-1956. Synonym, A word you use when you can t spell the other one.  
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    Extractions: Sarcasm Barbed ire. Secret Something you tell one person at a time. Selfish What the owner of a seafood store does. Self-respect The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. H. L. Mencken, 1880-1956 Shin A device for finding furniture in the dark. Shotgun wedding A case of wife or death. Suburbia Where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them. Sudafed Brought litigation against a government official. Sunday A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in Hell. H. L. Mencken, 1880-1956 Sunday School A prison, in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. H. L. Mencken, 1880-1956 Synonym A word you use when you can't spell the other one. Tact The art of saying nothing when there is nothing to say. Televangelists The pro wrestlers of religion. Theology An effort to explain the unknowable by putting it into terms of the not worth knowing. H. L. Mencken, 1880-1956 Tomorrow One of today's greatest labor-saving devices. Toothache The pain that drives you to extraction.

58. Mencken, H. L. Famous Quotes
    Famous quotes by Mencken, HL A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers,looks around for a coffin. 1880-1956 American Editor Author Critic Humorist.  
    http://www.borntomotivate.com/FamousQuote_HLMencken.html

59. H. L. Mencken - Definition Of H. L. Mencken In General
    Noun 1. HL Mencken United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)Synonyms Mencken, Henry Louis Mencken.  
    http://dictionary.laborlawtalk.com/H._L._Mencken

60. H.L. Mencken On Mortality & Unbelief: Are Agnostics Afraid Of Hell And Immortali
    HL (Henry Lewis) Mencken (18801956), A Mencken Chrestomathy, (1949). There isno easy way around this. So long as uncertainty is the hallmark of  
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