The Gettysburg speech is at once the shortest and the most famous oration in American history. Put beside it, all the whoopings of the Websters, Sumners and Everetts seem gaudy and silly.It is eloquence brought to a pellucid and almost… — Henry Lewis Mencken Copy Share Image
The Gettysburg speech is at once the shortest and the most famous oration in American history. Put beside it, all the whoopings of the… — Henry Lewis Mencken Copy Share Image
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is thechief occupation of mankind. — Henry Lewis Mencken Copy Share Image
Johann StraussForty couples dancing ... one by onethey slip from the hall ... sounds of kisses ... the lights go out — Henry Lewis Mencken Copy Share Image
