Excerpt from Herbert Spencer, Vol. 1 of 1: His Life, Writings, and Philosophy It was in February, 1886, that I last saw Mr. Spencer. He had perceptibly aged, and appeared feeble. I did not tarry long, for I fancied conversation wearied him. As he took my hand at parting, he said, mournfully, Tell You mans you have seen me, that I have not much strength left, and I shall never see him again. What he had in mind was his own decease; but Prof. Youmans passed 011 to the majority before him. Since that day, we have reports of a long illness, from which he has partially recovered. There is small likelihood that the System of Synthetic Phil Osophy will ever be completed, but Mr. Spencer's energy is great and he will work as long as work is possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.