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April 7, 1933 - HL Mencken's Favorite Day

He could hoist a schooner of beer then at the end of Prohibition. "In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished." The Calamity of Appomattox, September 1930

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Decent Man

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under, HL said.
Posted by Noel Humphreys at 7:18 PM

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