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are likely to remain a solid and permanent contribution 

 to scientific and philosophic thought. Herbert Spencer's 

 discovery and elucidation of the experiential origin of intui- 

 tion and his consequent reconciliation of the sensation phi- 

 losophy and the intuitional school, together with his for- 

 mulation and establishment of the principles of universal 

 evolution, entitle him to rank among the most original 

 thinkers of modern times. He will easily hold his place as 

 the most profound and comprehensive philosophic mind of 

 the nineteenth century. 



