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Literature critic Sympathy Humanism

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

- Irving Babbitt

Other quotes by Irving Babbitt

Leaders

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

- Irving Babbitt

Democracy Now

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

- Irving Babbitt

Order Will

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.

- Irving Babbitt

Happiness Work Man

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

- Irving Babbitt

America

Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.

- Irving Babbitt

Being

Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon.

- Irving Babbitt

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