It is provable both that the historical sequence was, in its main outlines, a necessary one; and that the causes which determined it apply to the child. (Herbert Spencer)

It is provable both that the historical sequence was, in its main outlines, a necessary one; and that the causes which determined it apply to the child.

Herbert Spencer

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