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Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.
H. L. Mencken
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H. L. Mencken
Age: 75 †
Born: 1880
Born: September 12
Died: 1956
Died: January 29
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.
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