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The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called “patriotism” and “love of sport.”

Sinclair Lewis

I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours because it is humanly impossible for inspirations to come with clock-like regularity
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Deliver Every Minister Presume Sermon Understand Week Why
An it isn’t so much that the church is in bondage to Big Business and doctrines as laid down by millionaires – though a lot of churches are that, too.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Bondage Business Church Doctrine Down Lot Millionaire Much Too
When you think that most of us are doomed by divine grace to roast in hell, to say nothing of mortgages and hail and bad crops and extravagant womenfolks, ’tain’t any laughing matter!
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Divine Doom Grace Hell Most Rose Think When
Most of us who work — or want to work — will always have trouble or discontent. So we must learn to be calm, and train all our faculties, and make others happy.
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Discontent Facilities Happy Learn Make Most Other Tarin Trouble Work
Illuminating and making glad again the dark clouds of life. It is the morning and the evening star, that in glad refulgence, there on the awed horizon, call Nature’s hearts to an uplifted rejoicing in God’s marvelous firmament!
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Cloud Evening Firmannent Glad God Illuminate Make Marvelous Morning Refulgence Uplift
People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
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Anything Buy Customer One People
On the whole, with scandalous exceptions, Democracy has given the ordinary worker more dignity than he ever had.
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Democracy Dignity Ever Exception Give Ordinary Scandalous Whole Worker
The cocktail filled him with a whirling exhilaration behind which he was aware of devastating desires-to rush places in fast motors, to kiss girls, to sing, to be witty. … He perceived that he had gifts of profligacy which had been neglected. -chapter 8
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Aware Behind Cocktail Desire Devastatimng Exhilaration Fill Whirling
She was snatched back from a dream of far countries, and found herself on Main Street.
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Back Country Dream Far Found Herself Main Snatch Street
That nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men.
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Excited General Great Men Nation Noblest Most Number Protest Really
There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Always Compliment Cruel Degree Fact Greater Jew Measure Regime Scientific Sillness Unpouplarity
There are so many people in the world who are eager to do for you things that you do not wish done, provided only that you will do for them things that you don’t wish to do.
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Do Done Eager Many People Provide So Them Thing Will World
Fortune has dealt with me rather too well. I have known little struggle, not much poverty, many generosities.
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Dealt Fortune Generosity Known Many Much Poverty Rather Struggle Well
Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.
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Occupation Season Winter
What are these unheard of sins you condemn so much – and like so well?
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Condemn Like Much Sin Unheard Well
There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Assertion Being Endure Human Humor Imperlinent Insult Sense

The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called “patriotism” and “love of sport.”

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