| 单词 | Herbert Spencer |
| 例句 | “That was the scariest sight I ever seen in all my born days,” Herbert Spencer said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Herbert Spencer—the philosopher who had coined the phrase survival of the fittest—had spent much of his life bedridden with various illnesses, struggling with his own fitness for survival. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Herbert Spencer and Walter Bagehot pushed this theory, and William Graham Sumner promoted it in the US. How ‘The Alienist’ Finally Found a Screen 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The 19th-century economic thinkers Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner, both influenced more by Darwin than Calvin, were quite hostile to religion. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Martin has a hunger to read and chooses Herbert Spencer. "Martin Eden" star Luca Marinelli on the struggle of the artist as individualist 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The philosopher Herbert Spencer “was one of the most prominent intellectuals of the second half of the 19th century, and his ideas, however harsh they may seem today, were widely discussed,” Mr. Wade writes. Nicholas Wade’s ‘A Troublesome Inheritance’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Nineteenth-century thinkers like Auguste Comte, Karl Marx and Herbert Spencer chronicled humanity’s fortunes with great ambition and scarce hard evidence. ?Deep History? Takes Humanity Back to Its Origins 2011-09-26T22:30:59Z Also, she could tell me whether Herbert Spencer was “hot.” John Cleese Intends to Have His Unread Books Buried With Him 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Then I tried to learn what he was reading, Herbert Spencer and all the political philosophy. "Martin Eden" star Luca Marinelli on the struggle of the artist as individualist 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z First off, the term was coined by English polymath Herbert Spencer after he read "On the Origin of Species." What is a man? Even Darwin rejected the myth of the “alpha male” 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z What were Samuel Smiles and Herbert Spencer’s ideas regarding the poor? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The leader in this movement was Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As Herbert Spencer said, “Those who cavalierly reject the Theory of Evolution, as not adequately supported by facts, seem quite to forget that their own theory is supported by no facts at all.” Review | Intelligent design gets even dumber 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Carnegie saw himself as an enabler, quoting Herbert Spencer: 'The great aim of education is not knowledge but action' The 100 best nonfiction books: No 41 – How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1936) 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z A version of the idea was presented by Herbert Spencer, a Victorian prophet of the unfettered free market who is now largely forgotten but whose far-fetched ideas somehow keep re-emerging. Why capitalism hasn't triumphed 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Social Darwinism, a pseudoscientific belief that some people were better equipped for survival than others, was advocated by British sociologist Herbert Spencer. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z As Darwin’s contemporary, Herbert Spencer, said: “The saying that beauty is but skin deep is but a skin-deep saying.” Blemish: The truth about blackheads 2013-09-16T13:15:42.577Z Carnegie was quite an admirer of Herbert Spencer, and philosophically Libertarianism owes a lot to Spencer. Libertarian populism: Bail-outs and safety nets 2013-08-12T17:18:17Z He saw himself as an enabler, quoting Herbert Spencer: “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” The 100 best nonfiction books: No 41 – How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1936) 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Think of all the harm done in the name of Marx—and of social Darwinist and free-market theorists, from Herbert Spencer to Milton Friedman. Is "social science" an oxymoron? Will that ever change? 2013-04-04T23:15:00.353Z The author of that essay is Mr. Herbert Spencer, and the foregoing extract from it may fitly preface a brief account of his life-work in co-ordinating the manifold branches of knowledge into a synthetic whole. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z It is to Herbert Spencer we must look for a more truthful philosophy of morals than was possible before his time. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Herbert Spencer made several contributions to the subject, some of which were reprinted in his "Various fragments." Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z We see therefore that our author agrees with Mr. Herbert Spencer in granting the existence of the absolute; he does not seem to reduce it, as Kant does, to a mere idea. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z It is for her parents and guardians—spite of Mr. Herbert Spencer—to decide what the filling shall be. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z For of this, as will be seen, both Herbert Spencer and Huxley supply cogent examples in their application of that theory to human interests. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z It is possible that the Principles of Evolution, as expounded by Mr. Herbert Spencer, may seem as wanting in "geniality" as the formulas of Bentham. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Newman's was an intellect which must be described as the peer of Stuart Mill's or Herbert Spencer's. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Herbert Spencer especially is one whom it is interesting to consult here. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The light thrown upon this subject by Herbert Spencer, Buckle, Max Müller, and scores of other great scholars is among the glories of the century now ending. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Herbert Spencer’s position, as will be shown later on, was already distinctive: he was a Darwinian before Darwin. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z The most congenial of George Eliot's acquaintances during these early days at the Chapman's in London was Mr. Herbert Spencer. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z Amazed out of all decorum, he turned to the commonplace, dull-looking individual, and broke out with the words "Why, you don't mean to say that you are Herbert Spencer?" Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Or, thirdly, we have indeed a positive notion of the absolute, and we necessarily affirm its existence, only we are unable to determine its nature: this is the conclusion arrived at by Herbert Spencer. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z I have given a good deal of attention to astronomy and to mathematics; I am an evolutionist, a realist, a member of the Society for Psychical Research; Herbert Spencer's works always travel with me. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z As Herbert Spencer's closest follower, John Fiske deserves to stand next him in order of analysis. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z He was author of several works on the science and history of psychology which were favorably received and commended by such men as Herbert Spencer and other high authorities in both Europe and America. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z "Oh, yes," the other replied, as quietly as ever, "I am Herbert Spencer." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The sanest of modern philosophers, and the one who most completely attempted to follow the method of science in philosophical writings, was Herbert Spencer. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z Our quest for the principles of personality will not bring us anything much better, for practical purposes, than the lofty teaching of Mill's "Utilitarianism," and its companion in inconsistency, Herbert Spencer's "Principles of Ethics." The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Mr. Herbert Spencer, the only English philosopher who has even attempted a System of Philosophy, may in this point be compared with Hegel. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Here the favourites seem to be Herbert Spencer’s First Principles, thrice asked for on the day this library was visited, his Ecclesiastical Institutions, twice asked for. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Mill and Herbert Spencer have as little of it as Huxley and Grove. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z By the world at large, the philosophy of Herbert Spencer is considered the only philosophy that harmonizes with the knowledge of today. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z For a lesson from the new Epicurean testament we cannot do better than turn to the sensible pages of Herbert Spencer's "Data of Ethics." The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z As a consolation for what was at the time a disappointment, Herbert Spencer made a herbarium, which still retained in 1894 a specimen of Enchanter's Nightshade gathered in the grove skirting the river near Darley. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z The popular idea of Mr Herbert Spencer having influenced her studies and her phraseology is not quite true. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The American Civil War had drawn Mill for the first time into the public arena of politics; the Jamaica massacre made a political agitator of Herbert Spencer. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Herbert Spencer has, with infinite courage, opened the entire world of phenomena to the principles of evolution, but we seem slow to admit them into the little province of æsthetics. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z As evidence that this course is pregnant with hope, we cite the following authorities: Herbert Spencer designates "the control exercised by public sentiment over conduct at large" as "irresistible." Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z Grandparents taken together count on an average for about a quarter of the individual inheritance, but we would note that in Herbert Spencer's case, Catherine Spencer should be regarded as a peculiarly dominant hereditary factor. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z If Herbert Spencer had a place among them, he was at least only one of several. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z I do not know whether it comes strictly within the scope of this essay to say much about Herbert Spencer, who is rather what people call a philosopher than a professionally scientific man. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Nobody would deny you the same freedom which is accorded to Huxley or Herbert Spencer. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Mr. Herbert Spencer holds that our comparative lack of energy is due to heat and moisture. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z The youngest son, William, "distinguished less by extent of intellectual acquisitions than by general soundness of sense, joined with a dash of originality," carried on his father's school, and was one of Herbert Spencer's teachers. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z The word positively exuded disillusionment; it was as anti-romantic as a notebook of Herbert Spencer. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z There is something indeed quite Quixotic, in the better sense, about the utterly disinterested and self-forgetting eagerness with which Herbert Spencer will set himself to see right done, even in the most trivial of cases. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The handsomest girl in Zululand might not be attractive to Herbert Spencer, and the fairest girl in England might not be able to hasten the pulse of a Choctaw brave. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Herbert Spencer is almost the opposite of Swedenborg. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z And this was why Herbert Spencer had small hands. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Even here there is traceable an undulatory movement which, as Herbert Spencer says, is “habitually generated by feeling in its bodily discharge.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z As one man has an unappeasable passion for pictures, and another for horses, so Herbert Spencer has a passion for justice. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z I met Herbert Spencer the other Sunday at George Eliot's, whither I had at last bent my steps. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z But had it not been for such men as Thomas Paine, Herbert Spencer could not have existed for a century to come. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z It must be admitted that there was little out of the common in Herbert Spencer's daily walk and conversation; in fact, there was a fair share of common-placeness. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Herbert Spencer’s alternative phrase, “the survival of the fittest,” probably helped to spread a clear appreciation of Darwin’s meaning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Indeed I should say that there are few men of great intellect and character who reveal themselves so little to the ordinary observer as Herbert Spencer does. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Syn′thetise.—Synthetic philosophy, the system of Herbert Spencer, so called by himself because conceived as a fusion of the different sciences into a whole. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Herbert Spencer and others affirm that as there is a whole population of weavers, the weaver's activity is in organic division of labour. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Bowne, E. P. The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer: being an examination of the "First Principles" of his System. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Tourgenieff, Herbert Spencer, and how many other distinguished men I have met! Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Now, Herbert Spencer is the very opposite of all this. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Strange that side by side in the same world, in the same London, there should exist two such utterly different types of man as Herbert Spencer and the Gideonite Apostle. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z The progress from cannibalism to Herbert Spencer—The disappearance of religious oppression by government—Disappearance of the duel—The Crusaders and the Holy Sepulchre—The wail of militarist writers at man's drift away from militancy. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z At Home.—For a year and a half after leaving Hinton, Herbert Spencer remained at home, enjoying another period of freedom. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z She is an ardent disciple of Herbert Spencer, a keen antagonist of vivisection, and has written on the subject, the only social topic, indeed, which ever occupies her pen. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Herbert Spencer, indeed, has lived for a long time hardly noticed or known by the average English public. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Mr. Herbert Spencer’s doctrine of the “Unknowable” gives rise to some amusing thoughts. The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll 2011-12-30T03:00:24.883Z Herbert Spencer illustrates the process in the following suggestive passage: The exercise of mastery inevitably entails on the master himself some sort of slavery more or less pronounced. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Engineering—Many Inventions—Glimpse of Evolution-Idea—A Resting Period—Beginning to Write—Experimenting with Life Herbert Spencer's life after boyhood may be conveniently divided into four periods:— 1. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Herbert Spencer and Freeman are great favourites, whilst in poetry Browning stands first of all in her affections, and next to him, Morris, Goethe, and bits of Walt Whitman. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z No other American has done so much to make the system popular, or has reproduced Herbert Spencer's statements with such fidelity. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Its authors were Charles Darwin, the naturalist, and Herbert Spencer, the philosopher. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z A very stimulating booklet is "Blessed be Drudgery"; but one sentence spoils it for our use, since it places Jesus at the end of a list of philosophers at whose head stands Herbert Spencer. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z In the spring of 1843 Herbert Spencer went to London and tried very unsuccessfully to get editors to accept his wares. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z But to return to Herbert Spencer, the author of "Social Statics"; or, as we call it, Jeffersonian Democracy, illustrated and applied. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z This is according to a principle which is taught by Herbert Spencer, and which is illustrated in the following pages by many instances from the history of France and other nations. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z But he gives no good reason, and I am persuaded that he had heard the secret from Herbert Spencer, who at once detected it. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Herbert Spencer said that his idea of a tragedy was a generalization killed by a fact. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z At thirteen, Herbert Spencer had little Latin and less Greek; he was wholly uninstructed in "English"; he had no knowledge of mathematics, English history, ancient literature, or biography. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Herbert Spencer relies upon evidence, upon demonstration, upon experience; and occupies himself with one world at a time. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z Herbert Spencer should not be held responsible for any opinions not printed plainly as his. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z According to Herbert Spencer evolution is progress from the simple to the complicated. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z We cannot imagine him worshipping at the shrine of pure reason any more than we can imagine Herbert Spencer at Lourdes. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z In Herbert Spencer's case the question is rewarded. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z The most thoroughgoing opponent of state action, however, is Herbert Spencer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Herbert Spencer proposed the phrase, "survival of the fittest"; but it must be remembered that the fitness is not necessarily that of greater moral worth. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Thus is preserved in him that normal proportion between Individuation and Perpetuation which Herbert Spencer describes as existing in inverse ratio to one another. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z A book was published entitled "The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer: First Principles." Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z This volume attempts to give a short account of Herbert Spencer's life, an appreciation of his characteristics, and a statement of some of the services he rendered to science. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z And that, according to Herbert Spencer, is an evidence of a higher intelligence. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Herbert Spencer has proved that our pleasant actions are beneficial, while painful ones are injurious both to ourselves and to our race. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z V Herbert Spencer said profoundly, "Mind is as deep as the viscera." Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z The paragraphs next succeeding, which have been quoted with entire approbation by Mr. Herbert Spencer, are thoroughly vitiated by their author's indefensible assumption, that cause is "indispensable" to our idea of the Deity. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z In June 1836, Herbert Spencer returned to Derby, benefited by the rural life and bracing climate of Hinton, "strong, in good health, and of good stature." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z These words of Herbert Spencer may be taken as a rule of life for the whole world. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z December 2d; Herbert Spencer announces the principle of Differentiation. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Social animals, Herbert Spencer truly says, "take pleasure in the consciousness of one another's company;" but he appears to limit the feeling to those of the same herd, or flock, or species. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The third is hinted at by Mr. Herbert Spencer. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z "What is almost uncanny about Herbert Spencer is his triumphant superiority to natural instincts." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z He is one of our greatest philosophers; but the general reader will find the substance of Hobbes's whole philosophy better put in Locke, Mill, and Herbert Spencer. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z This admits of being easily demonstrated by comparing successive editions of his works; a method adopted by Mr. Herbert Spencer in his essay on the Factors of Organic Evolution. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z One of Herbert Spencer's questions was, Why do animals and birds of prey have their eyes in front, and others, as sheep and domestic fowl, on the side of the head? Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z It was only years after that he met the negative statement in Herbert Spencer's book. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z Life and Mechanism.—But are not all biologists confronted with the difficulty that gave Herbert Spencer pause? Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z An′cestor-wor′ship, the chief element in the religion of China and other countries—erroneously supposed by Herbert Spencer to be the foundation of all religion; An′cestry, a line of ancestors: lineage. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z I must leave to some future Herbert Spencer lecturer the discussion of his doctrine of the Unknowable and the critical consideration of its place and value in philosophy. Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 2011-09-25T02:00:15.883Z On essentially similar lines proceeds Herbert Spencer, in his “System of Synthetic Philosophy,” to whose school also Darwin belonged. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z In fact, Blake’s hope for man lay in the contrary of Herbert Spencer’s philosophy. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z In September 1866 Herbert Spencer settled himself in London, en pension at 37 Queen's Gardens, Lancaster Gate, which remained his home for over a score of years. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z But in truth the doctrine of laissez-faire has never been held by any English thinker, unless, perhaps, Mr. Herbert Spencer. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Such was my introduction to Herbert Spencer, some of whose works I read with admiration during the next few years. Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 2011-09-25T02:00:15.883Z Her early mentor was Herbert Spencer -- the libertarian philosopher who coined the term “survival of the fittest” -- who encouraged her to pursue a career as a “social investigator.” Webb, Churchill and the Birth of the Welfare State: Sylvia Nasar 2011-09-08T00:22:04Z The chief other writers to whom I refer are: Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z You are delicious," he said, "when you try to recollect your Herbert Spencer. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Mr. Herbert Spencer took up the cry with more vehemence, declaring that the age of British freedom was gone, and warning us to prepare for "the coming slavery." Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z He could think as straight as he could shoot; and the tale of his rise in life is as potent a plea for freedom as Mr. Herbert Spencer's. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z My attention was lately drawn to a passage in Herbert Spencer's 'Essay on the Morals of Trade.' Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Physiological units, Herbert Spencer's name for hypothetical ultimate units of living matter, 22. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z "Shall I ever cling to or love Herbert Spencer again?" thought Pauline, "when I see him made the shibboleth of such intellectual charlatans as this?" The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Her acquaintance with Mr. Herbert Spencer had ripened into a cordial friendship. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Among the letters sent was one, the last sent to a public meeting, by Herbert Spencer. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z It is open to philosophers of Mr. Herbert Spencer's school to argue that the "original gods" were once ghosts like the others, but this was not the opinion of the Tongans. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Quite independently, but simultaneously, Herbert Spencer has suggested the same explanation as Emery. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z The only Derby man of free thought who preceded Herbert Spencer was William Hutton, a silk weaver, who became the historian of Derby and Birmingham. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Unity and totality, and a rigorous obedience to what Herbert Spencer called the Principle of Economy of Attention—these are the essential elements in the presentation of a worthy experiment in magic. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z George Eliot did not come up to Herbert Spencer's conception of personal charm. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z In modern days the missionary often sees with the eyes of Mr. Herbert Spencer. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z I am glad that the same answer has been made to Weismann's All-sufficiency of Natural Selection by two biologists, Herbert Spencer and Emery, simultaneously with mine. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z When I first knew Mr. Herbert Spencer, he was one of the writers on the Leader newspaper. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Herbert Spencer has said, 'Govern me as little as you can'; i.e., leave me to regulate my existence as I please, which is clearly the right of every man not a criminal. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Herbert Spencer said he had no wrinkles on his brow because he had discovered the thoroughfares of nature, and was never puzzled as to where they led. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Neither had Herbert Spencer—so far as his "First Principles" is concerned, and as regards an improved inductive method as shown in the "Psychology," "Biology," etc., Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z But, as Herbert Spencer wisely remarks, we have not an ideal environment in which to work out our ideals. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z This chapter will conclude what Herbert Spencer would call the "natural history" of a mind, or, as Lord Westbury would say, "what I am pleased to call my mind." Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z “Flesh refine to nerve”: this is a remarkable instance of the poet’s scientific apprehension of the process of nerve formation five years before Herbert Spencer speculated on the evolution of the nervous system. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Von Baer thus prepared the way for Herbert Spencer’s generalization of the law of organic evolution as the law of all evolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z I looked over her shoulder to see what she was engaged upon, and found that she was working her way diligently through Herbert Spencer. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z A very curious controversy took place some years ago, between Herbert Spencer and a religious Weekly. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z A star of the first magnitude went out of the firmament of original thought by the death of Herbert Spencer. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z One need but go to a bookseller to procure for oneself a volume of Swinburne’s poems, or a novel by Stevenson, or a work by Lecky or Herbert Spencer. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Herbert Spencer and his followers informed us that education was the panacea for all ills. Teaching the Child Patriotism 2011-07-03T02:00:11.747Z Trollope through this doorway stept, In that chair Macaulay slept, While, with cotton in his ears, Herbert Spencer snubbed his peers. The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z The evolutionary principle has been applied to art by Herbert Spencer and J. A. Symonds, but not in the sense in which it is used in connection with the development of living organisms. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z A firm of publishers have paid in the last six months royalties amounting nearly to ten thousand dollars to Mr. Herbert Spencer and the heirs or executors of Darwin, Huxley and Tyndall. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Herbert Spencer affirms that space is eternal and has always existed. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z T was a very distinguished and agreeable company that greeted Mr. Herbert Spencer at dinner, and the speaking was capital. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z Herbert Spencer begins his chapter on mind by declaring that we do not know, and probably never shall know, anything concerning mind. Medical experts: Investigation of Insanity by Juries 2011-05-07T02:00:24.990Z Richardson, the novelist, and Herbert Spencer were natives. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The experience described by Miss Davenport-Hill bears indirectly, if not directly, upon them, showing as it does the harmonising effect of piecework.—Truly yours, "Herbert Spencer." Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Herbert Spencer first undertook the great task of discovering the unifying principle of nature. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Of the immense number of works on education issued during the last half of the nineteenth century, perhaps the best known are those of Herbert Spencer and of Professor Bain. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z It would have been far better for her if she had possessed less of the tenacity of Herbert Spencer and more of the recklessness of George Sand. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z A new evolutionary philosophy was, however, worked out by a conscientious thinker of a different calibre—Mr. Herbert Spencer. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z If our legislators could only be induced to adopt Herbert Spencer's view of the duties of law-givers, there would be far less misery in the United States. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Herbert Spencer has done a great work for science. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z On the contrary, Epicurus, the Herbert Spencer of antiquity, was in his natural philosophy an encyclopaedia of second-hand knowledge. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z His arbitrary theory of the �volution des genres, founded on Herbert Spencer and Darwin, and applied to the study of literature, pervaded the schools. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Green and Spencer contrasted.—This theory has only to be compared with that of Herbert Spencer for a fundamental difference to declare itself. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z They should never enact laws that are not founded upon rectitude, as Herbert Spencer says, no matter if expedience or adventitious circumstances might seem to demand it. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z So the wisest philosophers like Herbert Spencer may go to religion and find nothing there but the abstruce and unknowable. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z It is by Herbert Spencer that this view has been most fully and systematically worked out. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z In his early youth he was deeply impressed with the teaching of J. S. Mill, and in later years he was manifestly under the successive sway of Sir Charles Lyell and of Herbert Spencer. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z But it was not "force in general" or some "universal force" that was regarded by him as the final reality: Leibniz was not a forerunner of Herbert Spencer. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z In heavenly-inspired words Emerson and Carlyle and Herbert Spencer have repeated those burning aphorisms, but our California “Fire Pillars” differ with them—differ widely and differ proudly. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z The central thought of Schopenhauer is the absurdity of life, and the central thought of Herbert Spencer is the evolution of the material universe. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z May we not, however, hold up this ideal of Mr. Herbert Spencer to ourselves and to others? How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Hoffmann and to a great extent Herbert Spencer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Herbert Spencer.—Though there were not wanting in England writers to exploit Darwinian theories in the interests of a narrow secularism, their work was not of first-rate importance, and need not detain us. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z The Governor smiled, and with the least perceptible sneer he asked: “And how does Mr. Herbert Spencer differ with my ideas of business principles?” The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z The all-embracing philosophy of Herbert Spencer excludes the supernatural and Theism in its ordinary form, and looks upon them as the Unknowable, which he presents as an object of reverence. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Many striking applications of the laws of association to the explanation of complex mental phenomena, are also to be found in Mr. Herbert Spencer's "Principles of Psychology." A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z This friendship led to others, and the Gilchrists were soon introduced into that supreme literary circle which included Ruskin, Herbert Spencer, George Eliot, the Rossettis, Tennyson, and many another great mind of that illustrious age. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z The Victorian Agnostics.—Through this doctrine of the Unknowable, Herbert Spencer was the father of that form of belief or disbelief which was pertinently named Agnosticism by the most celebrated of its exponents—Huxley. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z Instinctively destructive, he resents the apostleship of teachers like Mill, or the pioneer discoveries of men like Herbert Spencer and Darwin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Herbert Spencer said, "In the formation of a theory we have the highest condition of the human mind." The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z There is, to use a phrase of Mr Herbert Spencer, a continuous adjustment between the external and internal relations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The importance of habit, personal or hereditary, is at least as great in monetary science as it is, according to Mr. Herbert Spencer, in morals and sociological phenomena generally. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z We have indeed travelled a long way from the austere abstractions of Mr. Herbert Spencer. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z As well ask one to believe that Herbert Spencer wrote Pippa Passes or The Idyls of the King. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z Herbert Spencer says: "Science is partially unified knowledge; philosophy is completely unified knowledge," and the first knowledge obtained by primitive man was that of sense and inference from such experience. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z On the contrary, Herbert Spencer and his school have built a formidable opposition to Socialism based upon pseudo-scientific grounds. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z First comes Herbert Spencer, with his misconception of the life process as a struggle of individuals to survive. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z This is Herbert Spencer's observation and it is interesting and suggestive. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Herbert Spencer’s autobiography discloses an almost inhuman want of feeling, and the same effect is apparent in his dreary, frigid style. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z In modern times the attempt to unite all the sciences into a general system has been made by August Comte in France, and Herbert Spencer in England. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The most notorious author of this so-called scientific justification of the competitive system is Herbert Spencer. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z There was also Herbert Spencer, who was frequently forced by nervous breakdowns to take long periods of absolute rest. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Herbert Spencer said: 'By no political alchemy can you get golden conduct out of leaden instincts.' London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z When a prisoner at Clairvaux, a petition for his release was signed by such geniuses as Herbert Spencer, Victor Hugo and Algernon Swinburne. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z Herbert Spencer's "persistency of matter and force" is but another expression of the reign of law. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z It becomes, therefore, important to point out the extent to which Herbert Spencer was wrong and Huxley right in the application of science to this question. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z The argument flashed upon me about ten years ago, while reading Herbert Spencer's controversy with Frederic Harrison concerning the nature and reality of religion. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z Herbert Spencer had already frankly accepted the new idea with the profound conviction of a priori reasoning. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z The man who did most to bring the theory to bear upon things other than biology was Herbert Spencer, who was anything but a politician. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Economic conservatism was born in Britain, the offspring of Herbert Spencer, the theorist of Social Darwinism, which actually was antisocial and not Darwinist. Happy birthday, Social Security! 2010-08-17T12:45:00Z The essential principle preached by de Quesnay and later by Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer, is that every man must in his efforts to support himself and accumulate wealth be "let alone!" Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z One of the greatest contributions ever made to scientific knowledge is Herbert Spencer's profound and luminous exposition of Life as the continuous adjustment of inner relations to outer relations. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z The public, that was deaf to the high philosophy of Herbert Spencer, listened at once to the practical wisdom of Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z No less impartial a man than Herbert Spencer has thus applied the theory of evolution to political affairs. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Herbert Spencer believed that markets promoted "the survival of the fittest," a phrase he coined. Happy birthday, Social Security! 2010-08-17T12:45:00Z I believe that all other definitions of justice are defective mainly because other definitions such as those of Herbert Spencer in his book entitled "Justice" confound justice with liberty. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z With a much enlarged and more varied conception of association, Alexander Bain re-executed the general psychological task, while Herbert Spencer revised the doctrine from the new point of view of the evolution-hypothesis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The task of working out the psychological and metaphysical aspects of evolution fell rather to the great organising and systematising intellect of Herbert Spencer. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z Herbert Spencer gives considerable space to the discussion of altruism and egoism in his Data of Ethics. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The recent death of Herbert Spencer lends special timeliness to the above topic, which is being actively debated just now in German theological circles. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer Herbert Spencer and his school have been misled by this fact into a glorification of the competitive system which seemed to them the most conspicuous factor in the improvement of type. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z The system of Herbert Spencer, the greatest exponent of the philosophy of evolution, is based wholly on the results of scientific investigation. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 In 1852, seven years before the publication of Darwin's masterpiece, Mr. Herbert Spencer wrote as follows in an essay in the 'Leader' on creation and evolution. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z Herbert Spencer has a theory of beauty which is subservient to the theory of evolution. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide According to their highest authority, Mr. Herbert Spencer, Evolution means "the production of all organic forms by the accumulation of modifications and of divergences by the addition of differences to differences." The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer The competitive system is applauded by Herbert Spencer because he finds it in Nature. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z When the true history of this movement is written it will contain more about Herbert Spencer and Walt Whitman, perhaps, than about Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflin. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism Herbert Spencer was known to be a philosopher: and the practical English nation mistrusts philosophers: those people probe too deep and soar too high for any sensible person to follow them in all their flights. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z Following the law of separation of the old Herbert Spencer, the selection of heterogeneous talents and vocations was bound to take place of its own accord. Underground Man Let him be able to discuss Herbert Spencer and David Harum with equal zest, and know something about Kant and a good deal about Kipling, and venerate Marcus Aurelius, and not despise Mark Twain. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses In the eyes of God, I am persuaded there is no very wide difference between old Crawling Elk and Herbert Spencer. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop What has Aristotle in common with such a writer a Herbert Spencer? A Critical History of Greek Philosophy He attributed considerable importance as well to the Lamarckian principle of use and disuse, already so fully insisted upon before him by Mr. Herbert Spencer. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z The remembrance recurred to me, as I looked at them, of Herbert Spencer's dictum on the subject of Anglo-Japanese marriages. Lafcadio Hearn Herbert Spencer wrote his “Social Statics” before the British Parliament passed an act for the support of public libraries. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses The poem, unworthy as it is, is, by permission, dedicated to the first of living thinkers, Mr. Herbert Spencer. Satan Absolved Herbert Spencer puts his final test of any plan of culture in the form of a question. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 Strange to say, too, his abortive theory appeared some years later than Herbert Spencer's magnificent all-sided conception of 'Physiological Units,' put forth expressly to meet the self-same difficulty. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z An emotional truth is quite as plain to the childish mind, as to the mind of Herbert Spencer or of Clifford. Lafcadio Hearn Herbert Spencer was to him a name and nothing more. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes In his 'Data of Ethics,' Herbert Spencer shows the hollowness of Carlyle's distinction between Blessedness and Happiness. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series With every allowance for unavoidable imperfections, we think Mr. Perkins can revise the list with advantage, taking out some obsolete writers and putting in some new ones in their place—Herbert Spencer for example. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Against this monstrous foe to all faithful pilgrimages Mr. Herbert Spencer is a very able combatant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 One day Crosby lent his new acquaintance Herbert Spencer's "First Principles." Lafcadio Hearn How he would have laughed had someone, even a Herbert Spencer, called him a drudge! Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder Mr. Herbert Spencer, who would not ascribe Personality to God, yet affirmed that the choice was not between Personality and something lower than Personality, but between Personality and something higher. Modern Substitutes for Christianity Comte’s classification of the sciences has been subjected to a vigorous criticism by Herbert Spencer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" For those who number Herbert Spencer among the Anarchists, either do not understand the essence of Anarchism, or else do not understand Spencer's views; or both are to them a terra incognita. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory We can imagine their discussions and arguments on the subject of Herbert Spencer and Darwin, Esoteric Buddhism, and "that which the Christian calls soul,—the Pantheist Nature,—the philosopher, the Unknowable." Lafcadio Hearn Finally I asked him if he knew of a real "snap," as Herbert Spencer would call it, within the reach of a poor man. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories The most comprehensive and detailed elaboration of the mechanical theory of life is to be found in Herbert Spencer's “Principles of Biology.” Naturalism And Religion Perhaps it should be stated here in utter contradiction to the Herbert Spencer school of sociology that among the Hopi the women not only rule but own the house and all that therein is. Through Our Unknown Southwest It is of just as little use to claim that past master of sociology, Herbert Spencer, in support of Stirner's views, because Spencer too recognises the purely egoistical origin of law and of social organisation. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory The vast collection of modern works on sociology, from Herbert Spencer onwards, should also be consulted; see bibliography attached to the article Sociology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Herbert Spencer would have been swamped in a family, and the same with George Eliot. Cupid's Middleman That one pulsating morsel of matter is invested with an irritability which, as Herbert Spencer says, enables it "to adjust the inner relations with outer relations," to correspond to its environment—in short, to live. The Kempton-Wace Letters His mental furniture, being obtained from books, not people, was not quite in the style of the present decade, and he read Carlyle and Emerson more than Herbert Spencer. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 Professor Enrico Ferri, again, exposes his complete ignorance of the question at issue sufficiently by branding Herbert Spencer as an Anarchist. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory Of such attempts three are specially noteworthy, those of Francis Bacon, Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" But we, whose mission is to enlighten the world, rather than to ornament it, are more influenced by the experiment of Herbert Spencer. The So-called Human Race Close upon the back of my discovery of Whitman, I came under the influence of Herbert Spencer. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) It was a good deal in the vein of Herbert Spencer’s primitive man all this. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) With unconscious self-irony, Kropotkin remarks that he would like to call this system the "synthetic," if Herbert Spencer had not already applied that name "to another system." Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory To paraphrase Herbert Spencer's words on reading: A reporter has at each moment but a limited amount of mental power available. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories At last, just before dawn, there came a loud thump, as if a volume of Herbert Spencer’s Autobiography had fallen to the floor. The So-called Human Race Tolstoi has no system to crown, like Auguste Comte or Mr. Herbert Spencer, with the coping-stone of universal peace and a world all sunk in bovine content. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe The most systematic exponent of this view was Herbert Spencer. God and the World A Survey of Thought Herbert Spencer, and with him the sociological school generally, cannot of course accept the conclusions of a premise which they do not assume. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory Mrs. Nadejde concluded therefrom that Herbert Spencer was right when he claimed in his physiology that brain weight depended upon the amount of motion and the variety of motions. Woman under socialism Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy and Darwin's Origin of the Species had not yet been published. History of Human Society Herbert Spencer was a failure as an engineer, though he struggled years in that profession. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Towards the end of his life, Herbert Spencer was constrained to admit this. God and the World A Survey of Thought Herbert Spencer has insisted that all religion is ancestor worship, that is, it grows out of the family group. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology It is a law of Nature—hinted at in the quotations made from Herbert Spencer and Laing—that she supplies in quantity what she loses in quality. Woman under socialism By a circuitous route, indeed, the Marxist reaches a moral position curiously analogous to that of the disciple of Herbert Spencer. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Their most eminent philosopher of to-day, Herbert Spencer, is nothing but a conservative Anarchist. Anarchism and Socialism That which shows a tendency to approach the subject of mental phenomena from the physiological side, in Drobisch, Waitz, and Volkmann, somewhat in the manner of the English writer Herbert Spencer. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion On the one hand, our Government has laid to heart the profound advice of Herbert Spencer, that whatever is done for Japan should be done by Japanese. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War This great fact is what led Herbert Spencer to conclude that the universe could have but one creator, one ruler, and that polytheism was untenable.” Carmen Ariza The political economists and Herbert Spencer were its prophets, and they never at any time held the public mind in any invincible grip. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Herbert Spencer says, it is much better to know a few books thoroughly than to know many superficially. How to Study The recognition of this truth was one of the outstanding contributions of Herbert Spencer to the science of sociology. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development "What's the matter with me?" he asked himself almost with irritation, as at last he laid down the volume of Herbert Spencer's Social Statics, over which he had been laboring in vain. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Mr. Herbert Spencer, in the name of the Unknowable, proffers his Agnosticism, and Mr. Harrison says "Bosh." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) It raged around the Apostle Paul and Mr. Herbert Spencer, who both come out of it apparently not a penny the worse. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Herbert Spencer is unquestionably the foremost living thinker in the psychological and sociological fields, and this volume is an important contribution to the science of which it treats.... Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Mr. Henry James and Mr. Herbert Spencer, Mr. Emerson and Dr. Draper, would find little difficulty in working together in a state cabinet or on a legislative committee. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Rather will we believe those words of Herbert Spencer, more sweeping but far more true, "Advance to the highest forms of man and society depends on the decline of militancy and the growth of industrialism." Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association Herbert Spencer was right when he said: It is incredible that there should be two orders of truth in absolute and everlasting opposition. The Church, the Schools and Evolution It really seems a shame to disturb this pleasant harmony, but we feel compelled to say something to the Independent and to Mr. Herbert Spencer about the Apostle Paul. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) It will have contributions from Herbert Spencer, Professor Huxley, Professor Tyndall, Mr. Darwin, and other writers identified with speculative thought and scientific investigation. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses He, however, was logically brought to accept the supposed law of an ultimate limit to numbers suggested by Herbert Spencer, based on a diminution of human fertility. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy The disposition in individuals to pluck motes out of their neighbors' eyes and leave beams in their own, in the nation becomes what Herbert Spencer calls the bias of patriotism. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association Those philosophers, such as Herbert Spencer, who teach that there is some incogitable “nature” of something which is the immanent “cause” of phenomena, delude themselves with words. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Mr. Herbert Spencer writes with learning and eloquence about the Power of the Universe and the Unknowable. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Three men in modern times have achieved a certain fame by their rigid obedience to "rational" conceptions of conduct—Thomas Day, who wrote Sandford and Merton, Bentham, and Herbert Spencer. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Herbert Spencer said," continued the doctor, "that no thought, no feeling, is ever manifested save as the result of a physical force. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 The same objection applies to Mr. Herbert Spencer's account of the matter. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Herbert Spencer in his Essay on the Origin of Animal Worship, calls ancestral worship “the universal first form of religious belief.” The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Mr. Herbert Spencer has been a perfect god-send to the Christians with his "Unknowable"—the creation of which was the worst day's work he ever accomplished. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) One of the greatest of those philosophers and writers, Herbert Spencer, has accorded to woman the same natural rights as to man. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Suppose, then, we were to find that civilization had pitted itself against Man, so that it was a case of Man versus Civilization, as Herbert Spencer conceived an antagonism between Man and the State. Is civilization a disease? This has been powerfully maintained in this country by Mr. Herbert Spencer and Mr. Tylor. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Herbert Spencer remarks in one of his essays:236-1 “All religious creeds, during the eras in which they are severally held, are the best that could be held.” The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Much of his thought resembles that of the English scientist, Herbert Spencer. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning Herbert Spencer once wrote an article on the different biases which distort the human mind, and among the first he reckoned the theological bias. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV If Charles Lamb and Herbert Spencer had been sent to Lerwick and Bressay to write a report on what they saw, I daresay the difference of their accounts would have astonished every reader. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Mr. Herbert Spencer, in his book called “First Principles,” lays down the doctrine of theological nescience, as the final result of religious inquiry. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors We may interrupt our short exposition here to remark that Comte's classification of the sciences has been subjected to a vigorous criticism by Mr. Herbert Spencer. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 10: Auguste Comte It is a statement in poetry of the prevalent thought of the nineteenth century, of which the most widely known exponent was Herbert Spencer. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning Rightly does Herbert Spencer say, "We have had something too much of the gospel of work, it is time to preach the gospel of relaxation." Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Merely as a University where Herbert Spencer may be studied in the tongue of the Psalmist. Ghetto Comedies In June 1884 he published an article upon the 'Unknown and the Unknowable' in the 'Nineteenth Century,' declaring that Mr. Herbert Spencer's 'Unknowable' and Mr. Harrison's 'Humanity' were mere shadowy figments. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice He could neither read Browning nor Herbert Spencer, nor have access to such a room as Mrs. Forbes's. The Rainbow Even their individualist opponents, who profess to follow Mr. Herbert Spencer, seem often to regard the power of government, not as one result of evolution, but as something external which can constrain and limit evolution. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Since this MS. has been sent to press a full discussion on the present subject has appeared in Mr. Herbert Spencer's 'Principles of Biology,' vol. ii. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) They met me on every plane of my intellectual interests, and our discussions of Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and William Dean Howells often lasted deep into the night. A Son of the Middle Border He would have fully accepted the doctrine upon which Mr. Herbert Spencer has insisted, that it is a duty to be happy. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice There may be, for example, an excessive or ill-directed pressing of utilities, as in the speculations of Mr. Herbert Spencer; or there may be an undue exaltation of what he calls 'the decorative element.' The History of Dartmouth College I must, however, point out, in the first place, that a fallacy is often introduced into these discussions which Mr. Herbert Spencer has done a great deal to expose. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies The present chapters were written before I had read Mr. Herbert Spencer's work, so that I have not been able to make so much use of it as I should otherwise probably have done. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) I understood already something of the disadvantage which attached to being called a reformer, but my sense of duty and the influence of Herbert Spencer and Walt Whitman rose above my doubts. A Son of the Middle Border She was then traversing that intellectual phase of so-called scientific atheism of which Huxley and Herbert Spencer were the chief teachers. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome "Inability to bear arms," says Herbert Spencer, "was the reason given in feudal times for excluding woman from succession," and to-day her position is lowest where the military spirit prevails. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III The progress of humanity, as Herbert Spencer and the other Victorians understood it, is such a myth. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Mr. Grant Allen’s opinion that it is Darwin’s “one conspicuous failure,” and that it is “crude and essentially unphilosophic,” must be discounted by his known devotion to Mr. Herbert Spencer’s philosophy. Life of Charles Darwin Then we grew harmoniously enthusiastic over Herbert Spencer and Darwin and Mantegazza and I talked a stream. A Son of the Middle Border For the nonce please take the statement on the authority of Herbert Spencer, All men 'have equal rights to the use of the earth.' British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals The philosophy of the periodic sentence has been best stated by Herbert Spencer. English: Composition and Literature Herbert Spencer, in his chapter on "Ceremonial Government," has defined social control from this more fundamental point of view. Introduction to the Science of Sociology With a review of the theories of Tyndall, Huxley, Darwin, and Herbert Spencer. Life of Charles Darwin The educational scheme of Rabelais embraced the study of letters, of nature, of science, of morals and religion, of the physical well-being,—in short, of everything necessary, as Herbert Spencer would say, to complete living. History of Education He sings in sweet and measured Tennysonian strains of philosophy what Darwin and Herbert Spencer teach in prose; 16 without the informing glow of the imagination. Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts Herbert Spencer professes to be carrying out, a step farther, the doctrine put into shape by Hamilton and Mansel, viz., "the philosophy of the Unconditioned." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The theory of evolution suggested to Herbert Spencer a new interpretation of human motives which reasserted their individualistic origin, but explained altruistic sentiments as the slowly accumulated products of evolution. Introduction to the Science of Sociology She then bought casually Mr. Punch on the Continong, and left orders for books by Plato, Herbert Spencer, and various other thoughtful writers, to be sent to her without loss of time. The Twelfth Hour His whole conception of Prima Philosophia should be compared with such a modern work as the First Principles of Herbert Spencer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Herbert Spencer asserted that a nation makes progress in civilization in proportion to the variety of its environment. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions I cannot do better than to give you Herbert Spencer’s definition. 'Me--Smith' Herbert Spencer insisted upon the futility of expecting "golden conduct from leaden instincts." Introduction to the Science of Sociology Huxley had more mediaeval sympathies than Herbert Spencer for the same reason; that Huxley was a fighter. What I Saw in America He makes us forget Herbert Spencer and makes us think of Plato. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Herbert Spencer, seeking in his old age for means whereby to increase the happiness of mankind, invented a humanitarian apparatus for the infliction of capital punishment. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study Herbert Spencer answers Tyler’s question in spirited fashion. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Herbert Spencer appreciated the fact that the new science of sociology required an extensive body of materials as a basis for its generalizations. Introduction to the Science of Sociology It might well be maintained that Herbert Spencer was an anarchist. What I Saw in America "Your way of thinking reminds me of Herbert Spencer's reason for not learning Latin grammar as a youth," grinned Furneaux. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Herbert Spencer objected to government, Passive Resisters to State education, and various educational reformers to education of any description. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study Under their guidance education has become what Herbert Spencer called it—a preparation for complete living. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) But Herbert Spencer asserts the perfectibility of man with an assurance which makes us gasp. Introduction to the Science of Sociology But Herbert Spencer was an extraordinarily typical Englishman of the Nonconformist middle class. What I Saw in America And within the broad area thus suggested may be grouped such utterly different universe-conceptions as that of Herbert Spencer and that of Spinoza. Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe' Something over thirty years ago Herbert Spencer wrote: ‘She was at school, where her memory was crammed with words and names and dates, and her reflective faculties scarcely in the slightest degree exercised.’ Peeps At Many Lands: Australia I do not think that the Pachas of Constantinople have any more faith in his coming than Mr. Herbert Spencer has in the second coming of Christ. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 An argument against socialism and socialistic legislation, consisting of an introduction by Herbert Spencer and essays by various writers, p. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Herbert Spencer came to the same conclusion when defining everlasting existence. Science and the Infinite or Through a Window in the Blank Wall I have educated her upon the combined principles of Rousseau, of Pestalozzi, of Froebel, and of Herbert Spencer. Duffels The irreducible minimum of civil government—as even the administrative nihilists of the school of Herbert Spencer admit—involves three things, viz., defence of life, protection of property, and enforcement of contract. Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government But the expression, often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer, of the Survival of the Fittest, is more accurate. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science "On Scientific Method in Philosophy" was the Herbert Spencer lecture at Oxford in 1914, and was published by the Clarendon Press, which has kindly allowed me to include it in this collection. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays A characteristic of Herbert Spencer is the accuracy of his definitions. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget The phenomena of heredity have been inattentively noted; its laws are imperfectly understood, even by Herbert Spencer and the prophets. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 As outstanding examples of this one may take two men of no less eminence than Herbert Spencer and Professor Huxley. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative Psychology will be based on the foundation already well laid by Mr. Herbert Spencer—that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Herbert Spencer, in whose honour we are assembled to-day, would naturally be classed among scientific philosophers: it was mainly from science that he drew his data, his formulation of problems, and his conception of method. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Herbert Spencer was born, as we have already seen, in 1820. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget A great man like Herbert Spencer spent 50 years of his life in explaining and illustrating it in no less than ten stout volumes of his "Synthetic Philosophy." Notes on Islam This last course has been followed in the well-known synthetic naturalism of Herbert Spencer. The Approach to Philosophy In our own day Herbert Spencer has expressed again the Greek ideal, seeking the foundation of morality in human nature itself. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science He came to New Zealand in 1882 and had previously been an assistant to Herbert Spencer and was compiler of the first and last volumes of the Descriptive Sociology. Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year Ended 31 March 1958: Special Centennial Issue But the expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer, of the Survival of the Fittest, is more accurate and is sometimes equally convenient. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Education Herbert Spencer was born at Derby, in England, in 1820. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The abstract religion provided for the agnostic faithful by Herbert Spencer does not, it is true, afford any nourishment to the religious nature. The Approach to Philosophy Historically speaking the first of these was that which was put forward by Erasmus Darwin, Lamarck, and Herbert Spencer. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions According to Herbert Spencer, the mind is at first, as it were, an indifferent day, on which external impressions "rain," leaving traces more or less profound. Spontaneous Activity in Education My Anarchist friend quoted Herbert Spencer in support of his contention. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg Their θεός was really nothing more than Mr. Herbert Spencer's "Unknowable,"—a mysterious "force," to which everything was referred which could not be accounted for on the basis of scientific principles. The Basis of Early Christian Theism Herbert Spencer, in his well-known First Principles, makes philosophical use of both "force" and "energy." The Approach to Philosophy Therefore it would really be more correct to designate the former hypothesis by the name either of Erasmus Darwin, or, still better, of Herbert Spencer. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions The works of Herbert Spencer, for example, are in the main an elaboration of the theory of evolution. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism “But now comes Mr. Herbert Spencer and tells us, ‘We have to deal with man as a product of evolution, with society as a product of evolution, and with moral phenomena as products of evolution.’ The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour "You would appear to be a disciple of Herbert Spencer," I remarked. The Eye of Osiris If Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir Conan Doyle want really to please a small but discriminating public, let them induce Herbert Spencer to analyze Mr. Mencken's statements on the growth of the English language! Confessions of a Book-Lover When Herbert Spencer produced his great "Data of Ethics" he did not consider in it the ethics of interruptions which sometimes assume a formidable place in the strenuous life. The Life Radiant Unfortunately for us, the science of beauty has not yet been fully and satisfactorily wrought out, and the ablest writers, from Aristotle to Herbert Spencer, exhibit great diversity of view. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Comte’s, and Fiske’s, and Herbert Spencer’s statements of the same law are the same in substance, but too well known to quote here. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Herbert Spencer avers, "The high intuitive quality which we call genius is largely feminine in character." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators To this, one of the most bewildering books on the manner of writing English ever written, Herbert Spencer's "Philosophy of Style" was added. Confessions of a Book-Lover He quoted Herbert Spencer to me the other night. David Malcolm But in philosophy, which deals largely with abstract ideas, the Anglo-Saxon element, as in passages from Herbert Spencer, may fall as low as sixty per cent. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Opened, the parcel proved to contain not books only, but forbidden books—books by Herbert Spencer, by Mr. Ruskin, by Monsieur Renan! The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly It sums the subject up like an essay by Herbert Spencer, and disposes of the case once and forever. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Whether it is Herbert Spencer's lack of a sense of humour or the fallibility of his theories that has put him somewhat out of date is not easy to say. Confessions of a Book-Lover As to the nature of this reality, Kant and Herbert Spencer were content to call it X or the unknown, while Spinoza maintained that it was God. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Fortunately, she did not have to resort to the Herbert Spencer expedient of wearing ear-muffs for protection against loquacious friends. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 He agreed with Herbert Spencer that men have softening of the brain because they have failed to use that organ. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen It is the wiggling of the tail of the snake that Herbert Spencer killed thirty years ago with his little book "The Study of Sociology." Socialism: Positive and Negative If dead authors could write after the manner in which Mr. Andrew Lang has written to them, I should like to read Herbert Spencer's opinions of Mr. Mencken's volumes. Confessions of a Book-Lover She summed up the theme once and for all, just as an essay by Herbert Spencer anticipates and answers every objection, exhausting the theme. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Traveling salesmen, with checkered vests, gauge women as Herbert Spencer never could. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 One or two far-seeing thinkers, among whom the place of honour must be assigned to Mr. Herbert Spencer, had done more. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin In Mr. Herbert Spencer's 'Principles of Biology,' part iv, p. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Herbert Spencer points out further, with how much truth need not now be discussed, that the purification of Religion has always come from Science. Natural Law in the Spiritual World He never called into council the "bits" from Mr Herbert Spencer in order to find majestic language in which to express the ordinary wants of life. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Herbert Spencer's father was a school-teacher, and in very moderate circumstances. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Many years ago Herbert Spencer wrote an article on "The Coming Slavery," which conveyed the impression that the great thinker saw what he thought to be signs of the inevitable triumph of Socialism. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles Clear and cool, it was “a Herbert Spencer of a day,” as H. G. Wells once remarked. Pipefuls Within their own sphere the results of Mr. Herbert Spencer are far from sterile—the application of Biology to Political Economy is already revolutionizing the Science. Natural Law in the Spiritual World We refer all who would not like to hear the hiss of escaping arrogance, to Herbert Spencer's chapters upon the rhythm of all phenomena. The Book of the Damned The men became friends, and of all Youmans' wonderful discoveries, he considered Herbert Spencer the greatest. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Herbert Spencer, for example, is as vigorous in asserting that wage-labor is a form of slavery as any Socialist. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles We remember the story of a young friend of Herbert Spencer who joined the great philosopher in a game of billiards. Dollars and Sense How truly its central position is impregnable," Herbert Spencer has well discerned, "religion has never adequately realized. Natural Law in the Spiritual World The most original and effective expression of this philosophy is given by Herbert Spencer. The Chief End of Man How well the plan worked is revealed in the life of Herbert Spencer himself; and his book, "Education," is based on the ideas evolved by his father, to whom he gives much credit. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Carlyle was as gloomy on the one side as Herbert Spencer on the other. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens He dreaded to find me a sectarian, and when he discovered that I, too, was a student of Darwin and a disciple of Herbert Spencer, he frankly expressed his pleasure. A Daughter of the Middle Border The most recent and the most scientific attempt to investigate Death we owe to the biological studies of Mr. Herbert Spencer. Natural Law in the Spiritual World "It was Huxley and Herbert Spencer and Bradlaugh who brought me back to Orthodox theology." Personality in Literature Herbert Spencer had no titles nor degrees—he belonged to no sect, party, nor society. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Mr. Herbert Spencer has shown that, in spite of the apparent unreasonableness of the fact, humbug and credulity are sworn companions. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray It is flippancy or pedantry like this which gives rise to the onslaughts of a Cobden or Herbert Spencer or an H. G. Wells and to the practical man’s suspicion of a classical education. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Mr. Herbert Spencer's definition of Life, it is well known, has been subjected to serious criticism. Natural Law in the Spiritual World I had read in some work of Herbert Spencer's that speech takes on tuneful inflexions whenever emotion comes into play. My Reminiscences Swedenborg's books are so learned that even Herbert Spencer could not read them: his scores are so intricate, his compositions so involved, that no man can play them. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 His fellow and compeer, of course, is our own Herbert Spencer. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles The latest and most thorough attempt at such a definition of life, with which we are familiar, is that made by Herbert Spencer in his "First Principles", � 25, and in his "Principles of Biology," Vol. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality But it will bring us more directly to the specific subject before us if we follow rather the newer biological lines of Mr. Herbert Spencer. Natural Law in the Spiritual World It is not every one that has the courage of Mr. Herbert Spencer who openly resorted to his ear plugs whenever his visitor became tedious. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches "I hear Herbert Spencer lives in Brighton—do you ever see him?" ventured the guest of the hostess, in a vain reaching 'round for a topic of mutual interest. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Benefit received," says Herbert Spencer in his Sociology, referring to gambling, "does not imply effort put forth; but the happiness of the winner involves the misery of the loser. Life and Conduct On the side of philosophy, Albert Lange and Herbert Spencer reach similar results. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality And so long as he can keep himself clear of the "external relation," to use Mr. Herbert Spencer's phraseology, he has much less difficulty with the "internal relation." Natural Law in the Spiritual World Said Herbert Spencer, "No philosopher's stone of a constitution can produce golden conduct from leaden instincts." Christianity and Progress If we read Emanuel Swedenborg, we find that these vast stretches in the domain of thought which Herbert Spencer disposed of as the Unknowable have been traversed and minutely described. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 His opinion would, not unjustly, have been looked on as distorted by what Mr. Herbert Spencer calls "the personal bias." The Mark Of Cain That suggests at once as a definition of education, the one made famous by Herbert Spencer more than a half century ago, "Preparation for complete living." On the Firing Line in Education In early attempts," says Herbert Spencer, "to arrange organic beings in some systematic matter, we see at first a guidance by conspicuous and simple characters, and a tendency toward arrangement in linear order. Natural Law in the Spiritual World Said Herbert Spencer, "Progress is not an accident, not a thing within human control, but a beneficent necessity." Christianity and Progress But to Herbert Spencer there was little difference between enslavement of the mind and enslavement of the body. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Even I, who am well enough read in Herbert Spencer, felt a sort of silence fall for an instant on my mind. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) For some time the famous Herbert Spencer was her tutor; and under his care her mind developed with surprising rapidity. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Mr. Herbert Spencer, after investigating its possibilities fully, tells us, "Evolution has an impassable limit." Natural Law in the Spiritual World In his Descriptive Sociology and later works Herbert Spencer in England amplified the theory of Comte and arranged a mass of facts as evidence of its truth. Society Its Origin and Development When Herbert Spencer issued that world-famous prospectus, announcing his intention to publish ten volumes setting forth his Synthetic Philosophy, it was one of the most daring things ever done in the realm of thought. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Grant Allen, too, would have been his contemporary—the only man in Oxford who took to Herbert Spencer, whom Stevenson also read with much edification. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) "An exhaustive observation," says Herbert Spencer, "is an element of all great success." Pushing to the Front The first of which I speak was Mr. Herbert Spencer's, which appeared under the title of "The Bias of Patriotism." On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Are you to send Shakespeare, and Milton, and modern science, and Herbert Spencer, and not Evangelists and the Gospels? Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. No devils danced on the footboard of Herbert Spencer's bed, because there were no devil-cells in his brain. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 I do not doubt his words, but I think that on so important a point, Mr. Herbert Spencer ought to have named his authorities. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge Also, that the anticipatory character of moral principles is a fatal bar to that explanation of their origin which is offered to us by Mr. Herbert Spencer. On the Genesis of Species Even in the economic chapters of 'Progress and Poverty' its author saw the possibility of society's approaching the 'ideal of Jeffersonian Democracy, the promised land of Herbert Spencer, the abolition of government. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement Surely the most incisive of our satirists will not let himself degenerate into an illustration of Mr. Herbert Spencer's theory that man repeats himself, like history. Better Dead But Herbert Spencer's work was all a matter of analytical demonstration. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 "Herbert Spencer's chromo-philosophy."—"No other man that has walked the earth has so wrought and written himself into the life of the world." Memories and Studies Herbert Spencer's explanations.—An internal power necessary, as shown by facts of comparative anatomy.—Of teratology.—M. On the Genesis of Species Brighton should be proud to think that Mr. Herbert Spencer chose her as a retreat in which to come to his conclusions; but I doubt if she is. Highways and Byways in Sussex The first writer after Lamarck to work along the lines he laid down was Mr. Herbert Spencer. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work Herbert Spencer lost appetite, ceased work, roamed through the park aimlessly, and finally fell into a fit of sickness—"night air, and too close confinement to mental tasks," the doctor said. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Rarely has Nature performed an odder or more Dickens-like feat than when she deliberately designed, or accidentally stumbled into, the personality of Herbert Spencer. Memories and Studies The distinctness here and now of the ideas of "right" and "useful" is however, as before said, fully conceded by Mr. Herbert Spencer, although he contends that these conceptions are one in root and origin. On the Genesis of Species So much so that Herbert Spencer formulated the generalisation that the size and frequency of the animal family is inverse ratio to the degree of evolution to which the animal has attained. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told It is the expression, like that of “the survival of the fittest” of Herbert Spencer, of the results of the combined operation of the more fundamental factors. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work No man ever had so divine a right to compile a book on education as Herbert Spencer, for he proved in his own life every principle he laid down. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Darwin and Herbert Spencer had not yet risen above the horizon. Historical and Political Essays According to Mr. Herbert Spencer, in his "Principles of Biology," each living organism consists of certain so-called "physiological units." On the Genesis of Species Herbert Spencer says that every creature is happy when he is fully using his powers. Girls and Women The leading name affixed to this declaration of principles was that of the late Herbert Spencer, the chief apostle of modern science. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals Yet there was one person who read Herbert Spencer's first book with close consideration and profound sympathy. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 He could not appreciate Carlyle; he looked with much distrust on Darwinism and the philosophy of Herbert Spencer and he had very little patience with some of the moral and intellectual extravagances of modern literature. Historical and Political Essays The same may perhaps be said with regard to the system advocated by Mr. Herbert Spencer, who, however, also relegates "Natural Selection" to a subordinate r�le. On the Genesis of Species But the two great apostles of the evolution theory were Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference If you want to see this faith in all its naïveté go into those quaint rationalist circles where Herbert Spencer's ghost announces the "laws of life," with only a few inessential details omitted. A Preface to Politics Herbert Spencer and Mary Ann Evans first met at the house of the editor of the "Westminster Review" about the year Eighteen Hundred Fifty-one. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 First, however, I put him alongside Herbert Spencer. Journeys to Bagdad Turning to the organic world, even on the hypothesis of Mr. Herbert Spencer or that of Mr. Darwin, it is impossible to escape the conception of innate internal forces. On the Genesis of Species Did Herbert Spencer ever convince you—did he ever convince anybody—did he ever for one mad moment convince himself—that it must be to the interest of the individual to feel a public spirit? The Napoleon of Notting Hill At a dinner at Smalley's we met Herbert Spencer. Chapters from My Autobiography Another great discovery of Herbert Spencer's was that the emotions control the secretions. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 This able treatise, though it may not be positivism pure and simple, shows a preponderating influence of Comte and his school, and its attitude toward religion is approximately that of Herbert Spencer and Stuart Mill. Essays on Scandinavian Literature Herbert Spencer's objections to theism; to creation.—Meanings of term "creation."—Confusion from not distinguishing between "primary" and "derivative" creation.—Mr. On the Genesis of Species Herbert Spencer refrained from theft for the same reason that he refrained from wearing feathers in his hair, because he was an English gentleman with different tastes. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Herbert Spencer, notably, argued7 that we must not include, in the estimate of a nation's assets, those activities of woman the development of which is incompatible with motherhood. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles And thus was gracefully rounded out the greatest life of its age—The Age of Herbert Spencer. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 In 1874 he became professor of philosophy, and translated several works of Herbert Spencer and of Schopenhauer into French. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Could the views of Mr. Herbert Spencer, of Mr. Mill, or of Mr. Darwin on this subject be maintained, or should they come to be generally accepted, the consequences would be disastrous indeed! On the Genesis of Species Mr. Herbert Spencer is already a power in the world. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 There needs no excuse for a long quotation from the volume in which, just short of half a century ago, Herbert Spencer discussed this matter. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Herbert Spencer says, "The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society." Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves Mr Herbert Spencer has not in his more recent works said anything which enables me to appeal to his authority. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals The presence of this internal power will be rendered more probable if valid arguments can be brought forward against the explanations which Mr. Herbert Spencer has offered. On the Genesis of Species This serious grappling with the subject is noted in the recent “Plea for Liberty,” by some of Mr. Herbert Spencer’s disciples, for which Mr. Spencer himself has written an elaborate introduction. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Many years ago Herbert Spencer protested that we must acquaint ourselves with the laws of life, since these underlie all the activities of living beings. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles "Urgently necessary," because, though Herbert Spencer wrote the following criticism nearly fifty years ago, the conditions are much the same to-day:— ... The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies I hope Mr. Herbert Spencer will not give him any. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals Herbert Spencer's objections to theism; to creation.—Meanings of term "creation."—Confusion from not distinguishing between "primary" and "derivative" creation.—Mr. On the Genesis of Species Herbert Spencer, its most eloquent expounder, admits this. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity In what has been already said and in the end of our quotation from Herbert Spencer, it will be evident that purposeful games rather than exercises are to be commended. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Herbert Spencer argued ingeniously that beauty is associated with general mental and moral superiority, and the more exact studies of recent years have tended to confirm his generalization. Applied Eugenics He begins to play with the Herbert Spencer idea of teaching children by experience; perhaps the most fatuously silly idea that was ever gravely put down in print. George Bernard Shaw This conception is one which harmonizes completely with the views here advocated, and with those of Mr. Herbert Spencer, who also calls in direct modification to the aid of "Natural Selection." On the Genesis of Species Herbert Spencer holds that the beginning of music may be traced back to the cry of animals, which evidently has an emotional origin and purpose. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing But otherwise we all agree that men and women alike have the right which has just been stated in terms that are a paraphrase of Herbert Spencer's definition of liberty. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles The answer they give is not the answer Herbert Spencer gave. Applied Eugenics He thought he was rebelling against Christianity; curiously enough he was rebelling solely against the special enemies of Christianity, against Herbert Spencer and Mr. Edward Clodd. George Bernard Shaw Yet there is scarcely anything of practical moment in the book which may not be found in the popular writings of other prominent men,—such, for example, as Brodie, Holland, Moore, Marcel, and Herbert Spencer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 |
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