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H. L. Mencken is perhaps best known for his scathing political satire. But politicians, as far as Mencken was concerned, had no monopoly on self-righteous chest-thumping, deceit, and thievery. He also found religion to be an adversary worthy of his attention and, in Treatise on the Gods, he... read more

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"imagine them as a creatures but slightly different from men. It may identify them with animals, natural forces, or inanimate objects, on the earth or in the vague skies."

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  1. H. L. Mencken (Author)
 

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