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The conversation then turned on the editor of the next I happened to have brought. "That man never had a generous or unselfish motive in his life; and you will never live to see him have one." I never knew of Mr. Norton's acting from any other motive. He...
"These tendencies, if allowed to continue unchecked, are almost certain, on the one hand, to lead to severe economic reaction and depression, and are likely, on the other, to encourage the impression that Germany is not acting with due regard to her reparation obligations."
The hour examinations as conducted at present cover the work done in a period of four or five weeks. In that time the student has adjusted himself to the mechanics of the course and little more. The actual knowledge he has assimilated or is even supposed to have assimilated is...
"I hastened to assure the President that I had never given the impression I was speaking with his authority. . . . He insisted with some heat that the country would assume that he did not mean what he had said. . . ."
Mencken is a stocky Dutchman whose appearance suggests the beer-drinking of which he is notoriously fond. He is a polite man socially although certain vulgarisms which he permits himself in private have led to a contrary impression. His writing career began in his native town, on the Baltimore Sun...