Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible — Irving Babbitt
For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind — Irving Babbitt
Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn. — Irving Babbitt
An american of the present day reading his sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse — Irving Babbitt
Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished — Irving Babbitt
If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards — Irving Babbitt
If quantitatively the american achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. — Irving Babbitt
Furthermore, america suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently — Irving Babbitt
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their — Irving Babbitt
Yet aristotle’s excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style — Irving Babbitt
We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later renaissance was away from a humanism — Irving Babbitt
To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that — Irving Babbitt
The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will — Irving Babbitt
To harmonize the one with the many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the — Irving Babbitt
The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of european civilization, has also — Irving Babbitt
The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. — Irving Babbitt
The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science — Irving Babbitt
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and — Irving Babbitt
The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality. — Irving Babbitt
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives — Irving Babbitt
Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the revolution. — Irving Babbitt
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk — Irving Babbitt
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained — Irving Babbitt
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. — Irving Babbitt
According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication. — Irving Babbitt
A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides — Irving Babbitt
A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self — Irving Babbitt
A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its — Irving Babbitt