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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Page 773

Herbert Spencer. (1820–1903)

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We too often forget that not only is there “a soul of goodness in things evil,” 1 but very generally a soul of truth in things erroneous.

First Principles.

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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.

First Principles.

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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

First Principles.

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We have unmistakable proof that throughout all past time, there has been a ceaseless devouring of the weak by the strong.

First Principles.

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Survival of the fittest.

First Principles.

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With a higher moral nature will come a restriction on the multiplication of the inferior.

First Principles.

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Evil perpetually tends to disappear. 2

The Evanescence of Evil.

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Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries or distinctions of race.

The Evanescence of Evil.

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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.

The Evanescence of Evil.

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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature—a type nowhere at present existing.

The Americans.

Note 1.
Shakespeare: Henry V, act iv. sc. i.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil
Would men observingly distil it out. [back]

Note 2.
Walt Whitman: Roaming in Thought. [back]

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