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In fact, Spencer was a self-identified political liberal of the old-school variety. Thus, the canard that he was the promulgator of a ruthless social Darwinism is more caricature than reality.

In the letter of Prof. H.F. Osborn of Princeton College, in your issue of April 6, a statement is made in regard to the relative circulation of Mr. Herbert Spencer's works in England and America ...

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