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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.

Irving Babbitt

Irving Babbitt Biography

  Nationality: American
Type: Critic

Born: August 2, 1865
Death: July 15, 1933
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