An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. - Irving Babbitt
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
- Irving Babbitt
A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdo… - Irving Babbitt
A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdo…
The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality. - Irving Babbitt
The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. - Irving Babbitt
If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its pract… - Irving Babbitt
A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its pract…
According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication. - Irving Babbitt
According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.
Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution. - Irving Babbitt
Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.
It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it ... for the supreme act of judgment and selection. - Irving Babbitt
It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it ... for the supreme act of judgment and selection.
If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama. - Irving Babbitt
If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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