Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom

Quote by Herbert Spencer

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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes...

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes...

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry...

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry...

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the...

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the...

We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced

We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

Science is organized knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against...

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against...

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

All socialism involves slavery.

All socialism involves slavery.

Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever...

Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever...

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly...

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly...