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The primary use of knowledge is for such guidance of conduct under all circumstances as shall make living complete. All other uses of knowledge are secondary.

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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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Policeman are soldiers who act alone soldiers are policeman who act in unison.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
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If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a plebiscite elect a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making?
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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.
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Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Power which transcends our knowledge.
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Without painting, sculpture, music, poetry, and the emotions produced by natural beauty of every kind, life would lose half its charm.
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