Myron reflected that there are so many people in the world who are eager to do for you things that you do not wish done, provided only that you will … - Sinclair Lewis

Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk.

He had enormous and poetic admiration, though very little understanding, of all mechanical devices. They were his symbols of truth and beauty. Regarding each new intricate mechanism—metal lathe, two-jet carburetor, machine gun, oxyacetylene welder—he learned one good realistic-sounding phrase, and used it over and over, with a delightful feeling of being technical and initiated. ~ Ch. 6

Mostly the adult Indians did not wish their children to learn these arts from the emissaries of what they astonishingly considered an alien, false and hostile God. ~ Ch. 21