Word: iconoclastically
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...Mencken and George Jean Nathan, iconoclast editors of Smart Set, delight in insulting their fellow men. Each month they proclaim in Smart Set their candidacy for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States and announce various platform planks, of which the following are typical...
Edward W. Bok: "Writing in The Nation, Henry Lewis Mencken, iconoclast, mentioned me, purposely perhaps, as Edwin...
...What is a Puritan?" With great emphasis we are told that the Puritan is "an iconoclast, an image-breaker". "Puritanism is an urgent exploring and creative spirit." It seems that Professor Sherman struck a snag somewhere. Would not his definition cover the men whose work he finds harmful to the formation of a real American literature? Cannot these writers insist that their "vision of the good life" is as adequate as that advance by Emerson and Whitman...
...WORLD IN FALSEFACE - George Jean Nathan - Knopf. Mr. Nathan is a conscientious professional iconoclast. He continues to knock down his favorite idols and to scatter the ruins. His victims range from the more eminent of modern dramatists to the more generally accepted of modern doctrines. His endorsements are few. They include Hauptmann, Flo Ziegfeld, Eugene O'Neill, the younger Guitry, George M. Cohan...
...Permanent Court of International Justice under the League of Nations. While avoiding an actual place in the League through certain reservations, the President asks the Senate to recognize the practicability of the League institutions. Although the message reached the Senate too late for any discussion, Senator Borah, the iconoclast, and Senator La Follette, the troublemaker, along with other leading "Irreconcilable", have hinted darkly that they "might have much to say within...