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A correspondent writes:
Saints be praised!
Herbert Spencer has received a surprisingly positive and balanced assessment in a ‘popular’ source.
2012 must be the end of time!
The article is actually fairly positive (albeit superficial) about Spencer’s ideas, but makes Spencer the person sound a bit of a jerk. But that’s fair, because he was.