“Democratic man, dreaming eternally of Utopias, is ever a prey to shibboleths.” — H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy
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“Democratic man, dreaming eternally of Utopias, is ever a prey to shibboleths.” — H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy
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Learn the tells of AI writing: em dashes, rule of three, bullet points, and more.
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
Whoso belongs only to his own age, and reverences only its gilt Popinjays or smoot-smeared Mumbojumbos, must needs die with it.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Essay (1832-05) “Boswell’s Life of Johnson,” Fraser’s Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 28
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Whoso belongs only to his own age, and reverences only its gilt Popinjays or smoot-smeared Mumbojumbos, must needs die with it. Reviewing James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; including a Tour to the Hebrides (1831 ed.). Collected in Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827-1855)