There is no sadder sight in the world than to see a beautiful theory killed by a brutal fact. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind's throwing? — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I doubt the fact, to begin with, but if it be so even, what is this but in grand words asking me… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
No rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes that the average Negro is the equal, still less the superior, of the white… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I really see no harm which can come of giving our children a little knowledge of physiology. ... The instruction must be… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Science ... warns me to be careful how I adopt a view which jumps with my preconceptions, and to require stronger evidence… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The very existence of society depends on the fact that every member of it tacitly admits he is not the exclusive possessor… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Mr. Darwin's hypothesis is not, so far as I am aware, inconsistent with any known biological fact; on the contrary, if admitted,… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Next to being right in this world, the best of all things is to be clearly and definitely wrong, because you will… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Without seeing any reason to believe that women are, on the average, so strong physically, intellectually, or morally, as men, I cannot… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It may be quite true that some negroes are better than some white men; but no rational man, cognisant of the facts,… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It is a popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under an obligation not to go beyond generalisation of observed facts...but anyone… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Not only do I disbelieve in the need for compensation, but I believe that the seeking for rewards and punishments out of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Perhaps no order of mammals presents us with so extraordinary a series of gradations as this [step by step, from humans to apes to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections) nothing that satisfies quiet reflection--except the sense of having worked according to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child and name… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the "golden hair"… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
No one who has lived in the world as long as you & I have, can entertain the pious delusion that it is engineered… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
Mix salt and sand, and it shall puzzle the wisest of men, with his mere natural appliances, to separate all the grains of sand… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest basis of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share
