The Humanities Need To Be Defended Today

The Industrial Revolution Has Tended To Produce Everywhere Great Urban Masses That Seem To Be Increasingly Careless Of Ethical Standards.

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 A Humanism That Favored A Free Expansion Toward A Humanism That Was In The Highest Degree Disciplinary And Selective.

If Quantitatively The American Achievement Is Impressive, Qualitatively It Is Somewhat Less Satisfying.

Anyone Who Thus Looks Up Has Some Chance Of Becoming Worthy To Be Looked Up To In Turn.