Quote#Truth
All evil results from the non-adaptation of constitution to…
Quote byHerbert Spencer · 1820–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Social Statics (1851), Part I, Ch. 2 : The Evanescence of Evil, § 1.
English (original)
All evil results from the non-adaptation of constitution to conditions. This is true of everything that lives. Does a shrub dwindle in poor soil, or become sickly when deprived of light, or die outright if removed to a cold climate? it is because the harmony between its organization and its circumstances has been destroyed.
— Herbert Spencer
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