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Irving Babbitt

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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.


— Irving Babbitt


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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.


— Irving Babbitt


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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


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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 underdog.


— Irving Babbitt


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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


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


— Irving Babbitt


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The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.


— Irving Babbitt


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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


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According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.


— Irving Babbitt


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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.


— Irving Babbitt


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About Irving Babbitt






Did you know about Irving Babbitt?

Babbitt's Literature and the American College (1908) caused a stir but it was assembled from writings already circulated. Blackmur Oscar Cargill Ernest Hemingway Harold Laski Sinclair Lewis H. Then he took a master's degree at Harvard including Sanskrit.

Irving Babbitt (August 2 1865 – July 15 1933) was an American academic and literary critic noted for his founding role in a movement that became known as the New Humanism a significant influence on literary discussion and conservative thought in the period between 1910 to 1930. He was an advocate of classical humanism but also offered an ecumenical defense of religion.

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