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It cannot but happen?that those will survive whose functions happen to be most nearly in equilibrium with the modified aggregate of external forces? This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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