Author

Herbert Spencer

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“The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.”— Herbert Spencer
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“In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.”— Herbert Spencer
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“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Education has for its object the formation of character.”— Herbert Spencer
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“We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.”— Herbert Spencer
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“The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Government is essentially immoral.”— Herbert Spencer
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“The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.”— Herbert Spencer
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“The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.”— Herbert Spencer
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“When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Science is organized knowledge.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.”— Herbert Spencer
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“An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.”— Herbert Spencer
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“The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.”— Herbert Spencer
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“Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.”— Herbert Spencer
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“People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.”— Herbert Spencer