“Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth
“Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to
“Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to
“Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.”
— Thomas Huxley
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The only freedom I care about is
“The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me.”
— Thomas Huxley
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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses
“The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth
“Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.”
— Thomas Huxley
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The chess-board is the world, the pieces
“The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Teach a child what is wise, that
“Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!”
— Thomas Huxley
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History warns us that it is the
“History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.”
— Thomas Huxley
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The struggle for existence holds as much
“The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.”
— Thomas Huxley
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