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Portrait of British philosopher Herbert Spencer, shown with a receding hairline, long sideburns, and formal attire. survival of the fittest
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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in "Plato's Symposium" oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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    To play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth.Herbert Spencer