H. L. Mencken Quote

Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.


Ch. 4 - A Book of Prefaces (1917)


Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.

Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.

Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.

Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.