Quotes by Irving Babbitt about Perfection

1 quote by Irving Babbitt about perfection

Irving Babbitt American Critic

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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