Quote by Irving Babbitt
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowled

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. – Irving Babbitt

Other quotes by Irving Babbitt

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. – Irving Babbitt

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Faith
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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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Environment
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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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It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways. – Paul Nurse

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Knowledge

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance. – Henry Miller

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Knowledge

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Knowledge

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. – Plato

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Knowledge

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It has been said that figures rule the world; maybe. I am quite sure that it is figures which show us whether it is being ruled well or badly. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1830, translated

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The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind. – Paul Theroux

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We need a data network that can easily carry voice, instead of what we have today, a voice network struggling to carry data. – Reed Hundt

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