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Why is it that traveling Americans are always so dreadful?

Sinclair Lewis

You’ve been telling us about how to secure peace, but come on, now, General-just among us Rotarians and Rotary Anns-‘fess up!
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Among Been Come General Just Now Peace Rotarian Secure Teel
Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed by youth.
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Age Hit Less Need Old People Person Tragedy Upon Vigorous Youth
What are these unheard of sins you condemn so much – and like so well?
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Condemn Like Much Sin Unheard Well
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
The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, “The trouble with this country is….”
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Country Many People Say Trouble
People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
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Anything Buy Customer One People
It’s one of our favorite American myths that broad plains necessarily make broad minds, and high mountains make high purpose.
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Board Country High Make Mind Mountain Myth Necessary One Our Favorite Plain Purpose
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
There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.
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Country Dozen Fictioneer Insane May Most People Person Poet Tradition Young
One quarter are afraid to speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive.
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Afraid Alive Bless Die Kill Leep One Quater Speak
Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-
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Dog My Sleep With
We’d get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.
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All Cookies Ever May Sick Sicker 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
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
I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want — and what I want now is a drink.
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Drink Exactly Now Revolution Want
I have for myself no conceivable complaint to make, and yet for American literature in general, and its standing in a country where industrialism and finance and science flourish and the only arts that are vital and respected are architecture and the film, I have a considerable complaint.
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Complaint Conceivable Country General Have Industrialism Literature Make Myself Stand Yet

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