To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.

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To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the...

To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the...

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress,...

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress,...

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.

Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the...

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the...

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above...

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above...

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his...

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his...

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm...

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm...

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and...

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and...

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness,...

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness,...

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in...

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in...

The humanities need to be defended to-day against the encroachments of physical science, as they...

The humanities need to be defended to-day against the encroachments of physical science, as they...

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up...

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up...

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is...

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is...

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and...

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and...

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

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

We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from...

We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from...

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is...

Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is...