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

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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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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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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Failure
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These will vary in every human being but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it. – Frances Wright

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Knowledge

It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure. – Frederick Sanger

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Knowledge

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. – James Madison

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Knowledge

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. – Peter Drucker

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Knowledge

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Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else. – Joseph Heller

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Recognition

I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows theres no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. Thats all crap. – Christopher Hitchens

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Andy Warhol made fame more famous. – Fran Lebowitz

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