1. H.L. Mencken - UMKC School Of Law Biography of H. Mencken in context of Scopes Trial Famous Trials project H.L. Mencken (1880-1956). At the time of the Scopes trial, H. L. Mencken was America's leading journalist. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/menckenh.htm

H.L. M encken (1880-1956) At the time of the Scopes trial, H. L. Mencken was America's leading journalist. His popular columns were marked by a flair for exaggeration, caustic wit, and a hostility to prohibition, censorship, and other attempts to purify America. Mencken came to Dayton as a writer for the Baltimore Sun and the Mercury . The Baltimore Sun was hardly an unbiased observer of the trial, having agreed to pay part of the defense team's expenses. Mencken arrived in Dayton with four bottles of Scotch and his typewriter, immediately finding plenty on which to comment. After a few nights in Dayton, Mencken said, "the thing is genuinely fabulousI have stored up enough material to last me twenty years." Mencken earned the enmity of the people of Dayton after calling them "yokels," "primates," "morons," "half-wits," and "hillbillies", among other things. He had to be saved from an assaulting mob by the Dayton sheriff. Mencken's treatment of Bryan was even harsher than that of the local citizenry. He called Bryan an "unmitigated ass" and said that if Bryan was sincere, then so was P. T. Barnum. After the trial, Mencken continued to fight against the forces of censorship and puritanism, though targets became scarcer in the 1930's.

2. A Bum's Christmas By H. L. Mencken HL Mencken (18801956), the legendary Baltimore newspaperman, wrote the followingstory, originally entitled Stare Decisis, for the New Yorker. http://www.io.com/gibbonsb/mencken/bumsxmas.html

A Bum's Christmas By H.L. MENCKEN Printed in The Wall Street Journal Editorial page - December 24, 1998 H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), the legendary Baltimore newspaperman, wrote the following story, originally entitled "Stare Decisis," for the New Yorker. It was published as a book in 1948. To mark the book's 50th anniversary, we present Journal readers with a slightly abbreviated version of Mencken's classic tale. Despite all the snorting against them in works of divinity, it has always been my experience that infidelsor freethinkers, as they usually prefer to call themselvesare a generally estimable class of men, with strong overtones of the benevolent and even of the sentimental. This was certainly true, for example, of Leopold Bortsch, Totsaufer [customers' man] for the Scharnhorst Brewery, in Baltimore, forty-five years ago. . . . He was a sincere friend to the orphans, the aged, all blind and one-legged men, ruined girls, opium fiends, Chinamen, oyster dredgers, ex-convicts, the more respectable sort of colored people, and all the other oppressed and unfortunate classes of the time, and he slipped them, first and last, many a substantial piece of money. Nor was he the only Baltimore infidel of those days who thus shamed the churchly. Indeed, the name of one of his buddies, Fred Ammermeyer, jumps into my memory at once. Fred and Leopold, I gathered, had serious dogmatic differences, for there are as many variations in doctrine between infidels as between Christians, but the essential benignity of both men kept them on amicable terms, and they often cooperated in good works. The only noticeable difference between them was that Fred usually tried to sneak a little propaganda into his operationsa dodge that the more scrupulous Leopold was careful to avoid. . . . [H]e sent each and every one of the clergy of the town a copy of Paine's "Age of Reason" three or four times a yearalways disguised as a special delivery or registered letter marked "Urgent". . . .

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CQ Home Search CQ Random CQ Search eLibrary ... Bemorecreative Creative Quotations from . . . H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) born on Sep 12 US editor, satirist. He is known for his biting satire, insults, and debunking in "The American Mercury," 1924-33. Previous Set of Quotes Random Quotes Next Set of Quotes There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. The more a man dreams, the less he believes. A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. Fame is an embalmer trembling with stage fright. Click here for more search engines and links to biographical websites The World's Largest Poster and Print Store All Categories Books ISBN (best) Title Author Clearance Movies DVD VHS Merchandise Sell Texts: Enter an ISBN The most comprehensive image search on the web. Published Sources for the Quotations Shown Above: F: In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994. R: In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.

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5. PAL: H. L.Mencken (1880-1956) Chapter 7 Early Twentieth Century H(enry) L(ouis) Mencken (1880-1956). OutsideLinks The HL Mencken Page (HLM photo source) The Mencken Society Home http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/mencken.html

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide Paul P. Reuben Chapter 7: Early Twentieth Century - H(enry) L(ouis) Mencken (1880-1956) The H. L. Mencken Page The Mencken Society Home Page H. L. Mencken Collection Primary Works ... Home Page "The capital defect in the culture of These States is the lack of a civilized aristocracy, secure in its position, animated by an intelligent curiosity, skeptical of all facile generalizations, superior to the sentimentality of the mob, and delighting in the battle of ideas for its own sake." - from "American Culture," Yale Review , June 1920, 804-17 Considered an iconoclast and a muckraker, Mencken was for ten years the editor of The American Mercury . This magazine ridiculed the contemporary mores and manners of the American scene. The chief targets included the stupidity of the "booboisie," Puritanism, prohibition, highbrow pretentiousness, and organized religion. Although his writing appears dated, Mencken stripped the remain vestiges of Victorianism and freed the American writer to explore diverse topics. Top Primary Works George Bernard Shaw: His Plays

6. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. The Defeat Of Alphonso: Guide. fMS Am 1263 Mencken, HL (Henry Louis), 18801956. The defeat of AlphonsoGuide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library Harvard http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/hou01169.html

fMS Am 1263 Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. The defeat of Alphonso: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 Descriptive Summary Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University Location: f Call No.: MS Am 1263 Creator: Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Title: The defeat of Alphonso, Date(s): Quantity: 1 v. (.05 linear ft.) Abstract: Typescript of the short story The defeat of Alphonso together with related letters. Administrative Information Acquisition Information: Gift of L. Richard Bamberger, 65 Broadway, New York, New York; received: 1952 25 Apr. Historical Note H. L. Mencken was a controversial American journalist in Baltimore, author, editor and influential social critic during the first half of the twentieth century. Scope and Content The original typescript and inscribed printers' copy of "The defeat of Alphonso," submitted to Youth's Companion magazine, together with the publisher's file, printed copies of the magazine containing the story, and related letters. Container List (1) Mencken, Henry Louis, 1880-

7. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. The Defeat Of Alphonso: Guide. No Frames Version. http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/hou01169frames.html

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9. Special Collections At The University Of Louisville Libraries And Archives HL Mencken (18801956) collection. Collection HL Mencken (1880-1956) collectionDate/Extent 1903-1968, ca. 1,200 items Repository Rare Books. http://special.library.louisville.edu/display-keyword.asp?KW=7

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CQ Home Search CQ Random CQ Search eLibrary ... Bemorecreative Creative Quotations from . . . H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) born on Sep 12 US editor, satirist. He is known for his biting satire, insults, and debunking in "The American Mercury," 1924-33. Previous Set of Quotes Random Quotes Next Set of Quotes There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. The more a man dreams, the less he believes. A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. Fame is an embalmer trembling with stage fright. Click here for more search engines and links to biographical websites The World's Largest Poster and Print Store All Categories Books ISBN (best) Title Author Clearance Movies DVD VHS Merchandise Sell Texts: Enter an ISBN The most comprehensive image search on the web. Published Sources for the Quotations Shown Above: F: In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994. R: In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.

11. German American Corner: MENCKEN, Henry Louis (1880-1956) Mencken, Henry Louis (18801956), American journalist, critic, and essayist, whoseperceptive and HL Mencken, Prejudices It is the dull man who is always sure http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/mtoz/mencken.html

Visit the German Corner Home Page Privacy Statement German Corner Website German-American Mall ... Next Page MENCKEN, Henry Louis (1880-1956) Quotations: Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. H.L. MENCKEN, Prejudices It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull. H.L. MENCKEN, Prejudices Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. H.L. MENCKEN, A Little Book in C Major Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H.L. MENCKEN, A Little Book in C Major Alimony_The ransom that the happy pay to the devil. H.L. MENCKEN, A Mencken Chrestomathy It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake. H.L. MENCKEN, A Mencken Chresto- mathy A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. H.L. MENCKEN, A Mencken Chrestomathy

12. Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) HL Mencken (1880-1956). Giving every man a vote has no more made men wiseand free than Christianity has made them good. HL Mencken (1880-1956). http://www.cp-tel.net/miller/BilLee/quotes/Mencken.html

13. H. L. Mencken: A Basic Reading List Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis), 18801956. Minority Report HL Mencken’sNotebooks . Reprint edition. Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Series. http://www.menckenhouse.org/library/hlm_basic_reading_list.htm

H. L. Mencken: A Basic Reading List Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis) Happy Days: 1880-1892 . Volume 1 of Mencken's autobiography. Reprint edition. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Series. Originally published in a hardcover edition by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY in 1936. Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis) Newspaper Days: 1899-1906 . Volume 2 of Mencken's autobiography. Reprint edition. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Series. Originally published in a hardcover edition by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY in 1941. Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis) Heathen Days: 1890-1936 . Volume 3 of Mencken's autobiography. Reprint edition. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Series, 1996. Originally published in a hardcover edition by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY in 1943. Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis) Treatise on the Gods . Second edition, corrected and rewritten. Reprint Edition. Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Series. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Originally published as a Borzoi Book by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York; first edition, 1930, second edition 1946. Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis)

14. About The Friends Of The HL Mencken House on Hollins Street, was the residence of Henry Louis Mencken (18801956), one ofthe The purpose of the Friends of the HL Mencken House shall be educating the http://www.menckenhouse.org/about/about_us.htm

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. Purpose 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. Programs The Friends of the H. L. Mencken House envisions implementing their mission through two avenues:

15. Henry Louis Mencken, 1880-1956. Prejudices: First Series. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Henry Louis Mencken,18801956 Prejudices First Series. New York Alfred A. Knopf, c1919. http://docsouth.unc.edu/mencken/menu.html

Henry Louis Mencken, 1880-1956 Prejudices: First Series. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c1919. Full Text (254 p., ca. 400K) HTML file SGML/TEI file for use with an SGML Viewer Illustrations Title Page Biographical Information About Henry Louis Mencken Subjects American essays 20th century. American literature History and criticism. Funding from a Chancellor's Grant for Instructional Technology supported the electronic publication of this title. Return to "Library of Southern Literature" Home Page Return to Documenting the American South Home Page Feedback URL: http://docsouth.unc.edu/mencken/menu.html Last update November 07, 2000

16. Mencken, Henry Louis, 1880-1956 18801956. Carl Bode, Mencken (1969); Fred Hobson, Serpent in Eden H. L. Menckenand the South (1974); William H. Nolte, HL Mencken, Literary Critic (1966). http://docsouth.unc.edu/mencken/about.html

Mencken, Henry Louis, 1880-1956. Editor, essayist, and critic. Henry Louis Mencken was a writer of enormous national influence who also played a leading role in southern intellectual life of the 1920s. A native of Baltimore, he became a contributor to the Smart Set and the American Mercury . As such, he was, Walter Lippmann wrote, "the most powerful personal influence on this whole generation of educated people." In particular, he conducted a crusade against American provincialism, puritanism, and prudery - all of which he believed he found, to a degree larger than elsewhere, in the states below the Potomac and Ohio. Mencken shocked southerners when he published a severe indictment of southern culture, "The Sahara of the Bozart," which first appeared in 1917 in the New York Evening Mail and was reprinted in his book, Prejudices, Second Series (1920). In his essay he charged that the South was "almost as sterile, artistically, intellectually, culturally, as the Sahara Desert." "In all that gargantuan paradise of the fourth-rate," he contended, "there is not a single picture gallery worth going into, or a single orchestra capable of playing the nine symphonies of Beethoven, or a single opera-house, or a single theater devoted to decent plays." Most southern poetry and prose was drivel, he charged, and "when you come to critics, musical composers, painters, sculptors, architects and the like, you will have to give it up, for there is not even a bad one between the Potomac mud-flats and the Gulf." Nor, Mencken added, a historian, sociologist, philosopher, theologian, or scientist.

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18. Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) Quotes More about Henry Louis Mencken Mencken official site Mencken Ring The HL MenckenPage Back to main quotes If you have quotation to add, please send it to me. http://www.phnet.fi/public/mamaa1/mencken.htm

Henry Louis Mencken Quotes Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable. Creator: a comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh. Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy. The only really happy folk are married women and single men. A good [politician] is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. 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. All zoos actually offer the public, in return for the taxes spent upon them, is a form of idle witless amusment, compared to which a visit to the state penitentiary, or even a state legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and enobling. Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking. A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

19. American History 102 Image Gallery: Mencken, H.L. 2646470. Name Mencken, HL. Subject Intellectuals. HL Mencken (1880-1956),journalist, editor, and critic. Home Course Guide http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/photos/html/1047.html

American History 102 Photo Gallery Previous Index Next SHSW Location: Name File: "Mencken" Notes: Signed: "Breakfast in a Free State! H.L. Mencken" Modifications: The image is approximately 1/4 size original. Drop shadow border added; colors reduced to sixteen grays. For more information or to obtain rights for this image, contact the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Visual Materials Archive at (608) 264-6470. Name: Mencken, H.L. Subject: Intellectuals H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), journalist, editor, and critic Home Course Guide Bios ... Comments/Sign-in

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