No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that different parts of the cerebrum subserve different kinds of mental action. Localization of function is the law of all organization whatever: separateness of duty is universally accompanied with separateness of structure: and it would be marvellous were an exception to exist in the cerebral hemispheres.
Herbert SpencerThe existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that we are over in the presence of an Infinite, Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Herbert SpencerThe ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert SpencerThe question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains.
Herbert SpencerAn 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 SpencerOrgans, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred that they will continue to do so. And if this inference is unquestionable, then is the one above deduced from it-that humanity must in the end become completely adapted to its conditions-unquestionable also. Progress, therefore, is not an accident, but a necessity.
Herbert Spencer