Herbert Spencer

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot read more

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation

How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.

Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.

This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express
in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. read more

This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express
in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called "natural
selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle
for life."