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• 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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  Men, Essence, Democracy

  Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.112, Transaction Publishers

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• To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.

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  Failure, Important, Achieve

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• Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.

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  Leader, Revolution, Type

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• Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.

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  Italian, Humane

  Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

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• Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon.

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  Style, Excellence, Substance

  Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.108, Transaction Publishers

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• The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.

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  Europe, Civilization, Unity

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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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  Humanity, Needs, Today

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• The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

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  Sympathy, Balance, Humanist

  Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

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• The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

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  Sympathy, Stress, Humanitarian

  Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

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• Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

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  Democracy, Imperialism, Crusades

  Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.110, Transaction Publishers

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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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  Unity, Mind, Balance

  Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

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