True democracy consists not in lowering the standard but in giving everybody, so far as possible, a chance of measuring up to the standard.


p. 65 - "English and the Discipline of Ideas" (1920)

Irving Babbitt Quotes

True democracy consists not in lowering the standard but in giving everybody, so far as possible, a chance of measuring up to the standard.

True democracy consists not in lowering the standard but in giving everybody, so far as possible, a chance of measuring up to the standard.

True democracy consists not in lowering the standard but in giving everybody, so far as possible, a chance of measuring up to the standard.

True democracy consists not in lowering the standard but in giving everybody, so far as possible, a chance of measuring up to the standard.