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No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.
Herbert Spencer
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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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A function to each organ, and each organ to its own function, is the law of all organization.
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Education has for its object to develop the child into a man of well proportioned and harmonious nature-this is alike the aim of parent and teacher.
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