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Author: Irving Babbitt
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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Irving Babbitt
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
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Irving Babbitt
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.
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Irving Babbitt
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
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Irving Babbitt
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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Irving Babbitt
For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.
For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.
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Irving Babbitt
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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Irving Babbitt
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
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Irving Babbitt
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
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Irving Babbitt
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