Puritanism

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Puritanism—The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

H.L. Mencken

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Puritanism

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

Arcana Coelestia A Mencken Chrestomathy

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Mencken, Henry Louis. "Arcana Coelestia." A Mencken Chrestomathy. Alfred A. Knopf, 1949, ch. 30.

The Puritans, who nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedom, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoying his.

Charles Farrar Browne

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Puritanism

Author

Charles Farrar Browne

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Browne, Charles Farrar. "Introduction to the Club." London Punch Letters. c. 1866, no. 5.

My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time.

Garrison Keillor

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Puritanism American culture

Speaker

Garrison Keillor

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Keillor, Garrison. Address in support of the National Endowment for the Arts. Congress meeting. c. 1990, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.