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