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HERBERT SPENCER

Author of "ILLUSTRATION OF UNIVERSAL PROGRESS," "ESSAYS, MORAL, POLITICAL and ÆSTHETIC," PRINICPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY," "PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY," "SOCIAL STATICS," "EDUCATION," ETC.,ETC.