Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'. — Quoted

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“Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.”

Herbert Spencer · Marriage

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

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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

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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.

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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.

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