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Herbert Spencer Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: English
Born: April 27, 1820
Died: December 8, 1903

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Every cause produces more than one effect.
Herbert Spencer

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
Herbert Spencer

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
Herbert Spencer

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
Herbert Spencer

Science is organized knowledge.
Herbert Spencer

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
Herbert Spencer

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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