Quote by Herbert Spencer
When a mans knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the g

When a mans knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion. – Herbert Spencer

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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. – Herbert Spencer

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In science the important thing is to modify and change ones ideas as science advances. – Herbert Spencer

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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. – Herodotus

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Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. – Claude Bernard

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Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order. – Josiah Royce

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So Id be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. Id let him use a teleprompter. Ill just rely on knowledge. Well do fine. – Newt Gingrich

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