A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
Irving Babbitt
A remarkable feature of the ...
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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.
Irving Babbitt
To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.
Irving Babbitt
If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
Irving Babbitt
The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
Irving Babbitt
