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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.
-Irving Babbitt
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We May Affirm, Then, That The Main

Irving Babbitt
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.
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