A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.
Irving BabbittAct strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
Irving BabbittThe industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
Irving BabbittIf a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
Irving Babbitt