The chief arguments that are urged against an established religion, may be used with equal force against an established charity. The dissenter submits, that no party has a right to compel him to contribute to the support of doctrines, which do not meet his approbation. The rate-payer may as reasonably argue, that no one is justified in forcing him to subscribe towards the maintenance of persons, whom he does not consider deserving of relief.
No one can be perfectly happy till all are happy. - Herbert Spencer
No one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
- Herbert Spencer
Of all the knowledge, that most worth having is knowledge about health! The first requisite of a good life is to be a healthy person. - Herbert Spencer
Of all the knowledge, that most worth having is knowledge about health! The first requisite of a good life is to be a healthy person.
The defects of the children mirror the defects of the parents. - Herbert Spencer
The defects of the children mirror the defects of the parents.
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
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.
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
The authoritarian sets up some book, or man, or tradition to establish the truth. The freethinker sets up reason and private judgment to discover the… - Herbert Spencer
The authoritarian sets up some book, or man, or tradition to establish the truth. The freethinker sets up reason and private judgment to discover the…
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. - Herbert Spencer
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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… - Herbert Spencer
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…
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. - Herbert Spencer
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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