No man can get anywhere in this world in any really and end… - H. L. Mencken

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No man can get anywhere in this world in any really and endurable manner without some recourse to books.

H. L. Mencken

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About H. L. Mencken

Henry Louis Mencken (12 September 1880 – 29 January 1956), known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche". He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century.

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No man can get anywhere in this world in any really and endurable manner without some recourse to books. - H. L. Mencken

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