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But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and silencing them forever.

Sinclair Lewis

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Better Country Intellectual Know Other
We have the plans for a Utopia already made; just wiser than you.’ For ten thousand years they’ve said that. We want our Utopia now — and we’re going to try our hands at it.
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Already Go Hand Made Plan Thousand Utpoi Want Wiser Year
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn “reasonable” and become your enemies.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Become Enemy Friend Liability More Quater Reasonable Turn Tyranny Under
It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth living.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Any Belive Error Living Need Religion Seem Think Worth
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
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Aware Behind Cocktail Desire Devastatimng Exhilaration Fill Whirling
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
Think how much better it is to criticize conventional customs if you yourself live up to them, scrupulously.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Better Criticize Custom Love Much Think Yourself
What are these unheard of sins you condemn so much – and like so well?
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Condemn Like Much Sin Unheard Well
People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Anything Buy Customer One People
You have more people that love you than you know.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Know Love More People You
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.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Curing Give Heard Malaria Patient Syphill
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.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Discontent Facilities Happy Learn Make Most Other Tarin Trouble Work
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Become Compulsion Every Obedient Polite Safe Sterile Upon Writer
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
In everything was the spirit of children’s play – not the rule-ridden, time-killing play of adults that is a preparation for death, but the busy and credulous play of children that is a preparation for life.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Adult Children Death Everything Kill Play Preparation Ridden Rule Spirit Time
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

Fellow Good Higher might Power Seem Semon Thing Time Touch

But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and silencing them forever.

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