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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
— Irving Babbitt
Tags: just, true, sympathy, balance

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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
Tags: will, path, walk, happiness
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
Tags: been, sentimental, sides, movement
The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
— Irving Babbitt
Tags: human, balance, unity, mind
If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
— Irving Babbitt
Tags: essence, he, democracy, man
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
Tags: feel, self, look, man
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