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Chapter 37

           "‘Thephilosopherofthehalf-educated,’hewascalledbyanacademicPhilosopherwhowasnotworthytopollutetheatmospherehebreathed. Idon’tthinkyouhavereadtenpagesofSpencer,buttherehavebeencritics,assumablymoreintelligentthanyou,whohavereadnomorethanyouofSpencer,whopubliclychallengedhisfollowerstoadduceonesingleideafromallhiswritingsfromHerbertSpencer’swritings,themanwhohasimpressedthestampofhisgeniusoverthewholefieldofscientificresearchandmodernthought; thefatherofpsychology; themanwhorevolutionizedpedagogy,sothatto-daythechildoftheFrenchpeasantistaughtthethreeR’saccordingtoprincipleslaiddownbyhim. Andthelittlegnatsofmenstinghismemorywhentheygettheirverybreadandbutterfromthetechnicalapplicationofhisideas. Whatlittleofworthresidesintheirbrainsislargelyduetohim. Itiscertainthathadheneverlived,mostofwhatiscorrectintheirparrot-learnedknowledgewouldbeabsent." 

           "AndyetamanlikePrincipalFairbanksofOxfordamanwhositsinanevenhigherplacethanyou,JudgeBlounthassaidthatSpencerwillbedismissedbyposterityasapoetanddreamerratherthanathinker. Yappersandblatherskites,thewholebroodofthem! ‘"FirstPrinciples"isnotwhollydestituteofacertainliterarypower,’saidoneofthem. Andothersofthemhavesaidthathewasanindustriousplodderratherthananoriginalthinker. Yappersandblatherskites! Yappersandblatherskites!" 

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