Archive for Herbert Spencer
The New Liberalism
Editor’s note: To David Lawrence and his editorial in U. S. News and World Report of August 23, we are indebted for the reminder of Herbert Spencer’s classic presentation of the case for individual liberty. The following excerpts are from the collection of Spencer’s essays, written during the latter nineteenth century and republished by Caxton [...]
1Nov1965 | Herbert Spencer | 0 comments | ContinuedPrinciples Are Inflexible
Extracted from Social Statics. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. Make a hole through a principle to admit a solitary exception, and, on one pretence or other, exceptions will by and by be thrust through after it, as to render the principle utterly good for nothing. In fact, if its consequences are closely traced, [...]
1Sep1955 | Herbert Spencer | 1 comment | Continued-
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