Today is the birthday of Herbert Spencer (April 27, 1820 – December 8, 1903), biologist and philosopher. He is best known for coining the phrase "survival of the fittest" and is oft referred to as the father of Social Darwinism. In 1864, Herbert Spencer used the phrase in his work Principles of Biology, after he had read Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
"How often misused words generate misleading thoughts!" - Herbert Spencer
"No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy." - Herbert Spencer
"We too often forget that not only is there "a soul of goodness in things evil," but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous." - Herbert Spencer
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