| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 39078 |
| QUOTATION: | The editors are committed to nothing save this: to keep common sense as fast as they can, to belabor sham as agreeably as possible, to give civilized entertainment. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | H.L. (Henry Lewis) Mencken (18801956), U.S. journalist, critic. Originally published in American Mercury. A Carnival of Buncombe, Introduction, p. xiv, The Johns Hopkins Press (1956).
Statement of purpose in first issue. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Mencken Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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