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And that the pastor’s sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which ‘did a fellow good– kept him in touch with Higher Things.

Sinclair Lewis

if men and women would be human beings instead of just business men, or plumbers, or army officers, or commuters, or educators, or authors, or clubwomen, or traveling salesmen, or Socialists, or Republicans, or Salvation Army leaders, or wearers of cloths.
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Army Being Business Commuter Human Leader Men Officer Plumber Rotary Salesmen Salvation Travel Wearers
The most important part of living is not the living but the pondering upon it.
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Important Living Most Part Ponder Upon
I’ve heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I’ve never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis.
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Curing Give Heard Malaria Patient Syphill
When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we’ll be funnier to look at than to read.
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Audience Author Come Funnier Hope Largely Lecture Raed See
The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.
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Apart Furious Hundred Interest Light Maker Personal Star Thousand Universe Year
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
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Become Compulsion Every Obedient Polite Safe Upon Writer
In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn’t the initial cost, it’s the humidity.
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Cost Fact Humidity Initial Prohibition Thing Whole
Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment.
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Careful Damm Executive Great Measure Men Merriment Run Shop Smile
Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.
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Anyone Arrwe Bore Dead Else Long People Power Writer
When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.
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Come Country Fascism Flag Wrap
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
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
So that the thrifty and industrious have to pay for the shiftless ne’er-do-weels, then maybe, to save their lazy souls and get some iron into them, a war might be a good thing? Come on, now, tell your real middle name, Mong General!
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Do Industrious Iron Lazy Man Mayne Middle Pay Soul War Weel
Cure the evils of Democracy by the evils of Fascism! Funny therapeutics!
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Cure Democracy Evil Fascism Funny Therapeutic
Upon this theology he rarely pondered. The kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one’s business, to be seen going to services; that the church kept the Worst Elements from being still worse.
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Church Element Ponder Rarely Respectable Service Theology Theory Upon Worst
He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.
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Detest Fear Just Love Much People Person

And that the pastor’s sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which ‘did a fellow good– kept him in touch with Higher Things.

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And that the pastor’s sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which ‘did a fellow good– kept him in touch with Higher Things.

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