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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer

Science is organized knowledge.
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Knowledge Organization Science
When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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Confusion Greatness Himself Knowledge Man Order
Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.
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Color Glass Project Pull See
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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Argument Communism Fatal Nature Ourselves Theory
Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
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Arts Human Minister Music Oneself Position Rank Spirit
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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Clear Freedom Oneself Tax
Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Character Education Formation Object
Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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Ignorance Live Ourselves Universe
No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
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Freedom Happiness Oneself Perfection
All socialism involves slavery.
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One Liner Politics Slave Social
The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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Animal Lower Man Relationship
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Freedom Human Strong Worship
We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Discrimination Prejudice
Love is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.
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End Life Love Wealth
A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
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Death Live Moments Place
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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Effect Fools Man Result World

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