No one in this world, so far as I know...has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.

H.L. Mencken

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The masses

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

Notes on Journalism Chicago Tribune

Medium

Article Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Mencken, Henry Louis. "Notes on Journalism." Chicago Tribune, 19 Sept. 1926.

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Time
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Juvenal
Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
127 120s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

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