“The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Science and literature are not two things,
“Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.”
— 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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Science commits suicide when it adopts a
“Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.”
— Thomas Huxley
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The great thing in the world is
“The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.”
— Thomas Huxley
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In science, as in art, and, as
“In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Science has fulfilled her function when she
“Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.”
— Thomas Huxley
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Economy does not lie in sparing money,
“Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.”
— Thomas Huxley
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I believe that history might be, and
“I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion so as to make the meaning of it as a process of evolution intelligible to the young.”
— Thomas Huxley
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