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...sometimes to the point of inanity--is sweet; and life under any regime is short--so why not make merry in one's own uncouth way? The intelligentsia phantom group, will shriek the truth of the Drifter's remarks and will seize upon them as further ammunition against the genus Babbitt. The intelligent will likewise see the justice of his criticisms--only they will not entirely damn the country to everlasting dreariness, but will reserve hope for the future and patience for the present...
...spite of the evidence presented to the contrary in Mencken's Green Book of Aphorisms, one can rationally suppose that the genus homo Americanus, who is so used to gathering meaning from ordinary tables, box scores and bond quotation lists will prove equal to the task of supporting an annual change of time. At any rate the people have received a new right of untold possibilities, for now they can set their clocks when and where they choose with no fear of chiding from a law-stricken conscience...
...Love, hate and tradition," it has been said, "are the three dominant forces in a man's existence," and someone, scanning the genus Americanus or any other for that matter, might have added, "and the greatest of these is tradition...
...grave concern. In some way, these yokels and morons must be made into men and women of real ideals, into human beings. To this task these men feel called. For the good of the American public, they are willing to spend their lives pointing out the faults of the genus Americana. These prophets will indicate the way, will lead American to the promised land, will ensconce the American citizen on the throne of learning, culture and refinement. The vita activa finds candidates still...
...with a "sense of humor" accomplish. Indeed, if all of the people in this country, instead of intelligence tests, were given humor tests, and the successful sunk in the western ocean, Gertrude Ederle could walk to Honolulu and Italy colonize in the Middle West. That great fault in the genus Americans, an over developed sense of humor plue that blessing of a youthful nation, credulity--those two factors are enough to march a dictator's army up the steps of the White House and make the presidential silence a myth. Togas avasi, of the dictator has good publicity...