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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.

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

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Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.

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

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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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It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it. . . for the supreme act of judgment and selection.

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