Irving Babbitt - An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy coll...

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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

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ein Amerikaner der Gegenwart, der seine Sonntagszeitung in einem Zustand des faulen Zusammenbruchs liest, ist eines der vollkommensten Symbole für den Triumph der Quantität über die Qualität, den die Welt bisher gesehen hat.

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