"In the long run democracy will be judged, no less than other forms of government, by the quality of its leaders, a quality that will depend in turn on the quality of their vision." So wrote Irving Babbitt, the famed Harvard professor who left few acknowledged disciples, yet whose influence has been distilled to the contemporary world through his many students, T.S. Eliot most prominent among them.
Babbitt was no hater of democracy, but like most serious political thinkers, he understood the l
"In the long run democracy will be judged, no less than other forms of government, by the quality of its leaders, a quality that will depend in turn on the quality of their vision." So wrote Irving Babbitt, the famed Harvard professor who left few acknowledged disciples, yet whose influence has been distilled to the contemporary world through his many students, T.S. Eliot most prominent among them.
Babbitt was no hater of democracy, but like most serious political thinkers, he understood the l…
