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WILL you permit me to inquire, for the instruction of the many who are familiar with Mr. Herbet Spencer's “Doctrine of Evolution,” and especially in regard to “First Principles,” sec. 58, referred to by Mr. Spencer in his paper in your number for February 1, if the theory of the “Dissipation of Energy” does not upset a very considerable and significant portion of Mr. Spencer's “First Principles”?
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SMYTH, W. Mr. Spencer and the Dissipation of Energy. Nature 5, 322 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005322b0
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