A Mencken Chrestomathy – H. L. Mencken – Part 2

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The Mencken Chrestomathy is a collection of Mencken's writings that he thinks are representative of his best work on different subjects.

Vintage; Annotated Edition (12. April 1982)
First Published January 1949

IV. RELIGION
(0:00)The Cosmic Secretariat
(6:42) The Nature of Faith
(16:11) The Restoration of Beauty
(18:06) Holy Clerks
(24:44) The Collapse of Protestantism
(34:13) Immune
(38:18) A New Use for Churches
(39:56) Free Will
(45:24) Sabbath Meditation
(50:33) The Immortality of the Soul
(55:55) Miracles
(56:56) Quod est Veritas?
(58:08) The Doubter’s Reward
(59:23) Holy Writ
(1:04:44) The Powers of the Air
(1:14:25) Memorial Service

V. MORALS
(1:20:53) The Origin of Morality
(1:32:38) The Good Citizen
(1:46:58) Free Will Again
(1:51:01) An Ethical Dilemma
(1:53:13) Honor

VI. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
(1:54:07)The Criminal Law
(2:11:00) The Penalty of Death
(2:19:43) On Hanging a Man
(2:32:04) Cops and Their Ways

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