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Quote by Irving Babbitt
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole questi

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. – Irving Babbitt

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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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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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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology. – Irving Babbitt

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It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words? – Dwight L. Moody

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What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. – William Ellery Channing

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Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important. – Merlin Olsen

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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame. – Ville Valo

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