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Kipling, the grandson of a methodist preacher, reveals the tin-pot evangelist with increasing clarity as youth and its ribaldries pass away and he falls back upon his fundamentals.
-H. L. Mencken
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Kipling, The Grandson Of A Methodist Preacher,

H. L. Mencken
Kipling, the grandson of a methodist preacher, reveals the tin-pot evangelist with increasing clarity as youth and its ribaldries pass away and he falls back upon his fundamentals.
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