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Irving Babbitt

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

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These are some quotes by American author Irving Babbitt Critic, who lived between August 2, 1865 and July 15, 1933.

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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.

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.

Irving Babbitt

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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

Irving Babbitt

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Wikileaks in its essence is a publisher, pure and simple. They were very much in the same position as 'The New York Times' and 'The Guardian.'

Wikileaks in its essence is a publisher, pure and simple. They were very much in the same position as 'The New York Times' and 'The Guardian.'

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Plenty of people out there think of me as the Antichrist or the devil incarnate because I do not affirm the literal patterns of the Bible. But the fact is I can no more abandon the literal patterns than I could fly to the moon. I just go beyond them.

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I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

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