Herbert Spencer on the Americans and the Americans on Herbert Spencer : Being a full report of his interview, and of the proceedings at the farewell banquet of Nov. 9, 1882.
"This book highlights the ideas of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, which he offered in an interview that appeared in several newspapers in 1882, and at a farewell banquet in his honor that same year. As a life-long student of social progress, Spencer argued that American society had no...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
D. Appleton,
1883
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| Summary: | "This book highlights the ideas of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, which he offered in an interview that appeared in several newspapers in 1882, and at a farewell banquet in his honor that same year. As a life-long student of social progress, Spencer argued that American society had not reached the final stage of that progress. He thought the great ideal of American life--action, enterprise, work--neither a permanent nor the highest ideal of human society. The law of evolution, which has brought us up to this from a much lower condition, must carry us on still further"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Preface signed: E.L.Y. Contains the carefully revised speeches of Mr. Evarts, Mr. Fiske, Mr. Beecher, Mr. Youmans, Mr. Ward, Mr. Leland, together with the letters from Dr. Holmes ... (and others). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (102 pages) |