The True Humanist Maintains A Just Balance

Anyone Who Thus Looks Up Has Some Chance Of Becoming Worthy To Be Looked Up To In Turn.

We May Affirm, Then, That The Main Drift Of The Later Renaissance Was Away From A Humanism That Favored A Free Expansion Toward A Humanism That Was In The Highest Degree Disciplinary And Selective.

If A Man Went Simply By What He Saw, He Might Be Tempted To Affirm That The Essence Of Democracy Is Melodrama.

A Remarkable Feature Of The Humanitarian Movement, On Both Its Sentimental And Utilitarian Sides, Has Been Its Preoccupation With The Lot Of The Masses.

The Ultimate Binding Element In The Medieval Order Was Subordination To The Divine Will And Its Earthly Representatives, Notably The Pope.