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A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

Irving Babbitt
Men, Self, Standards Set
Irving Babbitt, George Andrew Panichas (1981). “Irving Babbitt, representative writings”, Univ of Nebraska Pr
A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.