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Strong as it looks at the outset, State-agency perpetually disappoints every one. Puny as are its first stages, private efforts daily achieve results that astound the world.
Herbert Spencer
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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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However insignificant the minority, and however trifling the proposed trespass against their rights, no such trespass is permissible.
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