Every cause produces more than one effect. — Herbert Spencer

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Every cause produces more than one effect.

Herbert Spencer

Progress: Its Law and Cause · 1857

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1857

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Herbert Spencer

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Spencer, Herbert. "Progress: Its Law and Cause." Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects. London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1861. Originally published in The Westminster Review, Apr. 1857.

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