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Quotes from Principles of Biology — Herbert Spencer

1820–1903 England

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With a higher moral nature will come a restriction on the multiplication of the inferior.

Principles of Biology (1864)

We have unmistakable proof that throughout all past time, there has been a ceaseless devouring of the weak by the strong.

Principles of Biology (1864)

If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding how, under appropriate conditions, a cell may, in the course of untold millions of years, give origin to the human race.

Principles of Biology (1864)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Herbert Spencer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.