Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.

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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

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

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

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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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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

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Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.

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

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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

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According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

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