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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

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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. – Irving Babbitt

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Happiness
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We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration. – Irving Babbitt

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Romantic
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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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Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind. – David Ehrenfeld, The Arrogance of Humanism, 1978

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We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

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Remember when atmospheric contaminants were romantically called stardust? – Lane Olinghouse

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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. – Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, translated by Philemon Holland

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