Irving Babbitt Quote

The question I propose to consider is in what way one may justify the study of English on cultural and disciplinary, and not merely on sentimental or utilitarian, grounds. My own conviction is that if English is to be thus justified it must be primarily by what I am terming the discipline of ideas.


"English and the Discipline of Ideas" (1920)


The question I propose to consider is in what way one may justify the study of English on cultural and disciplinary, and not merely on sentimental or ...

The question I propose to consider is in what way one may justify the study of English on cultural and disciplinary, and not merely on sentimental or ...

The question I propose to consider is in what way one may justify the study of English on cultural and disciplinary, and not merely on sentimental or ...

The question I propose to consider is in what way one may justify the study of English on cultural and disciplinary, and not merely on sentimental or ...