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.

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

Quotes by Irving Babbitt

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

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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.

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

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