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Babbitt, Irving 1865-1933.  
American humanist and scholar whose New Humanism movement sought to revive interest in classical virtues in literary criticism.
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Babbitt, Irving

American critic and teacher, leader of the movement in literary criticism known as the "New Humanism," or Neohumanism.

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