TT: Speaking of Mencken

I ran across this Web page by chance when hunting down the original source of today’s almanac entry. It’s a complete listing of every time that H.L. Mencken is quoted in the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. The vast majority of the citations are usage-related excerpts from The American Language, but I did run across two Mencken quotes that had slipped my mind:
• “Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it?”
• “Is it hot in the rolling-mill? Are the hours long? Is $1.15 a day not enough? Then escape is very easy. Simply throw up your job, spit on your hands, and write another ‘Rosenkavalier’.”
Many more Mencken quotes can be found here. No matter what you thought of the election results, you’ll almost certainly find one that suits your tastes.