“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.” MenNeedsFeelsLooksSelfStandardsOrdinaryUnderdogStandards Set Book:Irving Babbitt, representative writings Source: Irving Babbitt, representative writings
“Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.” NeedsSelfInterestWalksPathHumilityContrarySelf ControlIndifferentResentful Author:Irving Babbitt
“The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.” NeedsTodayHumanityNeededTheologyPhysical ScienceEncroachmentArts And Humanities Author:Irving Babbitt
