Herbert Spencer Quotes
If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding how, under appropriate conditions, a cell may, in the course of untold millions of years, give origin to the human race.
Herbert Spencer
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Walt Mossberg
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Rick Mercer
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True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived.
J. C. Ryle
If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding how, under appropriate conditions, a cell may, in the course of untold millions of years, give origin to the human race.
Herbert Spencer