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Life is not for learning nor is life for working, but learning and working are for life.

Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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The forces which are working out the great scheme of perfect happiness, taking no account of incidental suffering, exterminate such sections of mankind as stand in their way, with the same sternness that they exterminate beasts of prey and herds of useless ruminants.
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