Quotes by Irving Babbitt

Irving Babbitt

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

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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.

Men

Self

Standards Set

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.

Desire

Humanity

Progress

A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.

Movement

Sentimental

Sides

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

Ethics

Sentimental

Virtue

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

Care

Take Care

Thinking

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.

Perfect

Reading

Sunday

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

Becoming

Chance

Looks

Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.

Democracy

May

Quests

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

Crusades

Democracy

Imperialism

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Quotes by Irving Babbitt

Irving Babbitt

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

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.

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.

A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.

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

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

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.

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

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