One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago On This Day

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Charles

H.L. Mencken on Abraham Lincoln

From "Five Men at Random," Prejudices: Third Series, 1922, pp. 171-76.
First printed, in part, in the Smart Set, May, 1920, p. 141

"Some time ago a publisher told me..........Blah, Blah, Blah.........

Any thoughts,

Chas

Two;

1). Lazy and arrogant white men always want someone they think is beneath them to do their work for them and do it cheaply. It's a problem we still struggle with today.

2). Was Menken a Southerner? Why yes, of course he was.



Dave