Atlantic Unbound Archive

H. L. Mencken

Recent articles by H. L. Mencken

November 1914

The Mailed Fist and Its Prophet

"The philosophy of Nietzsche gave coherence and significance to the new German spirit, and the new Germany gave a royal setting and splendor to Nietzsche"

March 1914

Newspaper Morals

"I know of no subject, save perhaps baseball, on which the average American newspaper, even in the larger cities, discourses with unfailing sense and understanding"