To quarrel with the uncertainty that besets us in intellectual affairs would be about as reasonable as to object to live one's… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I know of no department of natural science more likely to reward a man who goes into it thoroughly than anthropology. There… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
If then, said I, the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Surely it must be plain that an ingenious man could speculate without end on both sides, and find analogies for all his… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The doctrine of transmigrationÂ… was a means of constructing a plausible vindication of the ways of the cosmos to man; Â… none… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Whatever part of the animal fabric whatever series of muscles, whatever viscera might be selected for comparison the result would be the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The question of all questions for humanity, the problem which lies behind all others and is more interesting than any of them,… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I know no study which is so unutterably saddening as that of the evolution of humanity, as it is set forth in… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Cosmic evolution may teach us how the good and evil tendencies of man may have come about; but, in itself, it is… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The whole analogy of natural operations furnishes so complete and crushing an argument against the intervention of any but what are termed… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Mix salt and sand, and it shall puzzle the wisest of men, with his mere natural appliances, to separate all the grains… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
As if to demonstrate, by a striking example, the impossibility of erecting any cerebral barrier between man and the apes, Nature has… — 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
A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
There is assuredly no more effectual method of clearing up one's own mind on any subject than by talking it over, so… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It is given to few to add the store of knowledge, to strike new springs of thought, or to shape new forms… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real… — 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
