H. L. Mencken Quote

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Aug 14 02:50:47 UTC 2004


Can anyone with a copy of the first edition of Mencken's American Language
(1919) handy check for me the exact wording and chapter number of the
following quote:

Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus
probably leads the world.
        H. L. Mencken, The American Language (1919)

Fred Shapiro



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