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“We may not see it in our time, Hittetterres, but some day people are going to get fed up with the high cost of dying!”
March 21, 1964

 

“I didn’t think Helen was that pretty.”
Rowland Wilson
December 7, 1963

 

“It just shows what colossal achievements man is capable of when he stops spending all his time, energy and resources on war.”
Ed Fisher
November 28, 1961

 

“It reads fine, but couldn’t you think of a punchier title than ‘Deuteronomy’?”
Ed Fisher
November 28, 1961

 

“Make up your mind, woman. Do you want Norman, Gothic or Modern?”
Ed Fisher
November 28, 1961

 

“Well, frankly I resent being called a barbarian just because we come down here and raise a little hell now and then.”
Tom Wojahn
August 10, 1963

 

“Oh, I know it doesn’t say anything, but how does it look?”
Edwin Lepper
July 13, 1963

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Comments

  1. Have read S.E.POST since I was about 10. Loved Hans Schnibler and his peckenclacker. Also the great illustrations by Norman Rockwell.

  2. The Barbarian cartoon is the best. Sometimes you just have to “raise a little hell.”

  3. I like them all, especially the artwork. My favorite though is the bottom ‘toon by Ed Lepper. The quote here seems more like a modern (1963) ad guy talking to another about selling the sizzle without the steak. It’s one of the best lines I’ve heard since “If you think you hate it now, wait’ll you drive it!”

  4. Look forward to this article. Saturday Evening Post is one of the few magazines I now subscribe to. I used to get a dozen or so. Now, 3.

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