This is the first instance in which Richard will do what he later describes Mencken doing, using words as weapons.

如同门肯后来所做的,语言第一次被理查当作武器。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

His discovery of Mencken using words as weapons in a political sense is a very powerful moment for him in his intellectual development.

门肯在政治领域以唇当剑,的艺术让他受益非浅,这种主动进取。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Edgar Lee Masters They are Dreiser, Edgar Lee Masters Lewis H.L. Mencken, Anderson, and Lewis: all American writers. Compare that with the catalog that he gives of his reading on 249, and you'll see what's being elided.

有德莱塞,门肯，Anderson和：,对比一下,他在249页讲的那类作家，你们会发现他隐去了一些内容。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选