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Spencer's

/ˈspɛnsɚz/

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/ˈspɛnsɚz/

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In verse 26 we are vividly reminded of Herbert Spencer’s words “‘Le mariage de convenance’ is legalised prostitution.”
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneTranslated by Thomas CommonProject Gutenberg ebook #1998
What I learned from the natives surprised me, and shook my faith in Mr. Spencer's theory, with which it seemed incompatible.
K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) ParkerThe Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in AustraliaProject Gutenberg ebook #3819
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I fully agree with all that you say on the advantages of H. Spencer's excellent expression of "the survival of the fittest."
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739
Spencer's main object was to substantiate the validity of the Lamarckian principle, the cooperation of which with selection had been doubted by many.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
Presence of mind, which, in Herbert Spencer's opinion, ought to be taught in every university, is in various ways drilled into the temperament of the telephone girl.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819