Man needed one moral constitution to fit him for his original state; he needs another to fit him for his present state; and he has been, is, and will long continue to be, in process of adaptation. (Herbert Spencer)

Man needed one moral constitution to fit him for his original state; he needs another to fit him for his present state; and he has been, is, and will long continue to be, in process of adaptation.

Herbert Spencer

Related topics

adaptation constitution continue fit man moral needs original present process state

Related quotes

A process which led from the amœba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amœba would agree with this opinion is not known. View quote
Bertrand Russell
Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times. View quote
Rutherford B. Hayes
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught. View quote
H. L. Mencken
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class. View quote
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward. View quote
Booker T. Washington