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H. L. Mencken1880–1956

Shave a gorilla and it would be almost impossible, at twenty paces, to distinguish him from a heavyweight champion of the world. Skin a chimpanzee, and it would take an autopsy to prove he was not a theologian.

H. L. Mencken on theology

Baltimore Evening Sun (4 April 1927)

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