Word: morones
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...fling now and then at the Republican party does not come a miss. The ministry for former celebrities remain tranquil beneath the attacks of authors. But criticize the Jews, ancient or modern, and editors will write about stupid race prejudice; and the literati will devise new synonyms for moron, Nordie, and bigot. Race pride is a powerful and admirable force, but it would seem that the Jews could attain the desired friendly unity with the Gentile much sooner if the chord were not struck so loudly and often...
...therefore important that social maladjustment occurring in the moron group should be brought out in the open and should, as a problem, be viewed within the realm of mental hygiene and for practical purposes mental levels should be forgotten. . . . Some morons are normal; they react normally to their environment; they are honest, industrious and well poised...
...individualistic. Since he has no patience with the life or art that shelters itself from wind and storm, he finds queer things happen to him. He was born at Tarrytown Heights, N. Y., his one conventional experience. From Horace Mann School, he testifies, he was dismissed as a hopeless moron. At Columbia University they found him a "capital" student, but finding the University after three and a half years a little irksome he blithely whistled good-bye to his diploma and the final semester, to become a painter. From his studies he was lured successively by Vermont, Alaska, the Straits...
...like most successful Americans, a flair for slapstick showmanship, it may be doubted that the American Mercury is now read for idle-minded amusement by sheepish culture-hunters less than it is read with deep attention by serious people. The half-baked phrase-snatcher on whose lips "babbitt" and "moron" are now most often heard must infuriate Mr. Mencken while he continues to get out the most provocative review...
...moving moron minions...