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Irving Babbitt

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

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"What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible."

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"Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards."

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"The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope."

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"The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards."

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