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Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: How extremely stupid not to have thought of that

How extremely stupid not to have thought of that

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: There are some people who see a great deal and some who see very little in the same things.

There are some people who see a great deal and some who see very little in the same things.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts.

There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. Thomas H. Huxley

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
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Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: For once reality and his brains came into contact and the result was fatal.

For once reality and his brains came into contact and the result was fatal.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: If I may paraphrase Hobbes's well-known aphorism, I would say that 'books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

If I may paraphrase Hobbes's well-known aphorism, I would say that 'books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.

God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bonds, society perishes.

If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bonds, society perishes.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.

It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone.

Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone.

Thomas Henry Huxley quotes: If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?