Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of...

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Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.

Irving Babbitt
Quote by Irving Babbitt about army, society, man.
Irving Babbitt

Irving Babbitt 1865-1933, american Critic

Was born on: 02 aug 1865.
Died on 15 jul 1933, at 67 years old.
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