Word: menckens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fiery steed has lost his old snoring manners; he has become a docile old gray mare. Mr. Mencken will have to add the American Federation of Labor to his list of American Inanities...
Commenting upon the intellectual condition of America at the present time, Prof. Murray spoke of the wave of self-criticism that is sweeping over the country. "This self-criticism, ranging from the diatribes of Mencken to the bickerings of mean backbiters, is an encouraging sign of advancement. Dissatisfaction with self is always an indication of development, and it is a sign of health for a nation to be able to stand the withering fire of criticism that both England and America are at present undergoing at the hands of their own people. Only the other day I heard...
...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...
...would not have called Voltaire lovable; other things he may have been--lovable he was not. And likewise the case with one of his followers--the erudite Mr. H. L. Mencken. Dr. John Roach Straton has assailed, him on two charges: that he is weak-minded; and that he is good-hearted. The first, being conventional, is easily dismissed. Mr. Mencken may ignore it, laugh it off, or, if he chooses, attempt to prove its falsity. In a treacherous mood he may even admit its truth. But the second attack will linger maliciously in the memory of the public...
...Pollyannie nature his writings would not be accepted as holy scripture by numerous intellectuals, both young and old, scattered over the countryside. When one wants sweetness and light there are other sources; but advocates of the devil who can amuse and corrupt as well as Mr. Mencken can, are at a premium. To accuse him of being good-hearted is to attempt to ruin his trade and that the law books say, is Lbel...