Prejudices, Third Series

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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

H.L. Mencken

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Faith

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H.L. Mencken

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Prejudices, Third Series

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Definition

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English

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1922 1920s 20th century

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Mencken, Henry Louis. Mencken: Prejudices: The First, Second, and Third Series, edited by Marion Rodgers. Library of America, 2010, ch. 14, sec. 3. Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1922.

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

H.L. Mencken

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Elusiveness of truth Truth

Author

H.L. Mencken

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Prejudices, Third Series

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Essay

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English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mencken, Henry Louis. H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: The First, Second, and Third Series, edited by Marion Rodgers. Library of America, 2010, ch. 3. Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1922.