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A quotation from Mencken, H. L.

A Sunday-school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil consciences of their parents.

H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
A Little Book in C Major, ch. 3, § 3 (1916)

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A Little Book in C Major, ch. 3, § 3 (1916) - Mencken, H. L. | WIST Quotations

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