Revision: Sinclair Lewis

thaumaturge apologized and left thenstage.nHe was a welter of contradictions, ancaustic sentimentalist. "J-Ie mocked thencruder manifestations of Yankee Imperialismnbecause he was, at heart, a fanaticnAmerican," the novelist wrote ofnhimself. He kidded George Babbitt fornhis indifference to Europe and turnednaround and joined the America FirstnCommittee. When The Nation askednLewis . . .