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Learning the meanings of things is better than learning the meanings of words

Drawn from what Herbert Spencer said

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religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.

What Herbert Spencer actually said

  1. Herbert Spencer English philosopher and sociologist (1820 to 1903)
    In all its effects, learning the meanings of things, is better than learning the meanings of words. Whether for intellectual, moral, or religious training, the study of surrounding phenomena is immensely superior to the study of grammars and lexicons.

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