"After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school department is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post.
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Selected Quotes of H. L. Mencken
"The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
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"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are.
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"There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.
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