We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. – Herbert Spencer
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. – Herbert Spencer
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. – Herbert Spencer
The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is – a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter. – Herbert Spencer