Quote by Irving Babbitt
The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the most perfect symbol of the triumph of quantity over quality…. Whole forests are being ground into pulp daily to minister to our triviality. – Irving Babbitt

Other quotes by Irving Babbitt

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity – the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power. – Irving Babbitt

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Knowledge
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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. – Irving Babbitt

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Peace
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We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption. – James Hansen

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Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress. – John Clapham, A Concise Economic History of Britain, 1957

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We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. – Francis Bacon

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Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth. – Ian McHarg

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When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up. – Source Unknown

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Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. – Mary McCarthy, On the Contrary

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