‘A True American Moral Hysteric’ – The Man Who Tried To Censor All The Mail In The Country

“At an early age, Anthony Comstock felt he was destined for glory.” What he became is the leader of what suffragette Victoria Woodhull described as “the American Inquisition” – adding, “We should no more think of comparing Comstock … with Torquemada, than of contrasting a living skunk with a dead lion.”