Herbert Spencer Quote

Under the natural course of things each citizen tends towards his fittest function. Those who are competent to the kind of work they undertake, succeed, and, in the average of cases, are advanced in proportion to their efficiency; while the incompetent, society soon finds out, ceases to employ, forces to try something easier, and eventually turns to use.


Vol. 3, Ch. VII, Over-Legislation. - Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative (1891)


Under the natural course of things each citizen tends towards his fittest function. Those who are competent to the kind of work they undertake,...

Under the natural course of things each citizen tends towards his fittest function. Those who are competent to the kind of work they undertake,...

Under the natural course of things each citizen tends towards his fittest function. Those who are competent to the kind of work they undertake,...

Under the natural course of things each citizen tends towards his fittest function. Those who are competent to the kind of work they undertake,...