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Quote by Irving Babbitt
To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adj

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. – 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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Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type. – Irving Babbitt

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Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, its because youve started to think of failure. – Tommy Lasorda

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Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure. – Matt Blunt

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