Irving Babbitt Quotes


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


We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective. - Irving Babbitt


Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane. - Irving Babbitt


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


The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. - Irving Babbitt


The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. - Irving Babbitt


The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism. - Irving Babbitt


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