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Irving Babbitt quotes

American Critic August 2, 1865 – July 15, 1933

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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. Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt quote: "The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy..."
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. 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 practice. Irving Babbitt
We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective. Irving Babbitt
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. Irving Babbitt
Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards. Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt quote: "If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive,..."
If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. Irving Babbitt
To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy. Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt quote: "According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but..."
According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication. Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt quote: "Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane."
Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane. Irving Babbitt
If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism. Irving Babbitt
The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism. Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt quote: "Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to..."
Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn. Irving Babbitt
The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt quote: "The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign..."
The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. Irving Babbitt

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