If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
Irving BabbittThe human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
Irving BabbittAct strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
Irving BabbittThe 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