Benjamin's Tribe: H.L. Mencken-a fool, but a good writer

Friday, September 19, 2008

H.L. Mencken-a fool, but a good writer

Even a pagan scoffer, can be prophetic:

(Speaking on architecture)

"When men really begin to build churches like the Bush Terminal there will be no religion any more, but only Rotary. And when they begin to live in houses as coldly structural as step-ladders they will cease to be men, and become mere rats in cages."

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