Very Few Of The Early Italian Humanists

Tell Him, On The Contrary, That He Needs, In The Interest Of His Own Happiness, To Walk In The Path Of Humility And Self-control, And He Will Be Indifferent, Or Even Actively Resentful.

A Person Who Has Sympathy For Mankind In The Lump, Faith In Its Future Progress, And Desire To Serve The Great Cause Of This Progress, Should Be Called Not A Humanist, But A Humanitarian, And His Creed May Be Designated As Humanitarianism.

The Industrial Revolution Has Tended To Produce Everywhere Great Urban Masses That Seem To Be Increasingly Careless Of Ethical Standards.

Since Every Man Desires Happiness, It Is Evidently No Small Matter Whether He Conceives Of Happiness In Terms Of Work Or Of Enjoyment.

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.