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Babbit was an average father. He was affectionate, bullying, opinionated, ignorant, and rather wistful. Like most parents he enjoyed the game of waiting till the victim was clearly wrong, then virtuously pouncing.
Babbit was an average father. He was affectionate, bullying, opinionated, ignorant, and rather wistful. Like most parents he enjoyed the game of waiting till the victim was clearly wrong, then virtuously pouncing.
Approximate author period: c. 1918 AD · modern
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- Sinclair Lewis
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- Approximate author period: c. 1918 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Sinclair Lewis: life dates 1885 to 1951. Wikidata Q123469, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123469 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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