"Not by accident, you may be sure, do the Christian Scriptures make the father of knowledge a serpent--slimy, sneaking and abominable."
— Freethought

January 1, 1970

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H. L. Mencken in: Henry Louis Mencken, Mayo DuBasky The Gist of Mencken: Quotations from America's Critic, Scarecrow Press, 1990, p. 210