An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.
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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.Irving Babbitt
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
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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.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.
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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.
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