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Brief Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The essence of a sound style is that it cannot be reduced to rules-that it is a living and breathing thing with something of the…
- The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same…
- The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike.
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