“The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability.”
— Thomas Huxley
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I protest that if some great Power
“I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.”
— Thomas Huxley
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I protest that if some great Power
“I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.”
— Thomas Huxley
Author: Thomas Huxley
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Science is simply common sense at its
“Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.”
— Thomas Huxley
Author: Thomas Huxley
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Science is simply common sense at its
“Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.”
— Thomas Huxley
Author: Thomas Huxley
Category: science
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Try to learn something about everything and
“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Category: learning
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Proclaim human equality as loudly as you
“Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.”
— Thomas Huxley
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The only medicine for suffering, crime, and
“The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.”
— Thomas Huxley
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It is one of the most saddening
“It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.”
— 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 man of science has learned to
“The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Category: faith
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