George Sabine was also a carpenter, a blacksmith, a cook, and a gardener and collected lithographs and etchings.
In his review of A History of Political Theory, Leland Jenks noted, "Sabine is the only textbook writer who is abreast of recent Rousseau scholarship, as represented by Hoffding, Lanson, Cassirer, and Hendel.
"[1] He was born in Dayton, Ohio to Lorenzo D. Sabine and Eva Josephine Tucker.
Beyond the classroom, Sabine served as Dean of Graduate School from 1940 to 1944, and as Vice President of Cornell from 1943 to 1946.
He was affiliated with the Cornell Branch of the Telluride Association, where he resided in his final years.