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> [A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling it would rather be a man who plunges into scientific questions with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/a-man-has-no-reason-to-be-ashamed-of-having-an-ape-for-his/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

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> [I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/i-would-rather-be-the-offspring-of-two-apes-than-be-a-man-and-afraid/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

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## Other authors on Be a man

## More by Thomas Huxley

> [Perhaps no order of mammals presents us with so extraordinary a series of gradations as this \[step by step, from humans to apes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/perhaps-no-order-of-mammals-presents-us-with-so-extraordinary-a/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/there-is-nothing-of-permanent-value-putting-aside-a-few-human/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/economy-does-not-lie-in-sparing-money-but-in-spending-it-wisely/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/it-is-not-to-be-forgotten-that-what-we-call-rational-grounds-for-our/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [Only a scientific people can survive in a scientific future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/only-a-scientific-people-can-survive-in-a-scientific-future/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/our-reverence-for-the-nobility-of-manhood-will-not-be-lessened-by-the/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/in-science-as-in-art-and-as-i-believe-in-every-other-sphere-of-human/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/science-is-simply-common-sense-at-its-best-that-is-rigidly-accurate/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child and name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/oh-devil-truth-is-better-than-much-profit-i-have-searched-over-the/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the "golden hair"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/let-us-have-sweet-girl-graduates-by-all-means-they-will-be-none-the/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/in-matters-of-the-intellect-do-not-pretend-that-conclusions-are/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/and-you-very-soon-find-out-if-you-have-not-found-it-out-before-that/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [No one who has lived in the world as long as you & I have, can entertain the pious delusion that it is engineered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/no-one-who-has-lived-in-the-world-as-long-as-you-i-have-can-entertain/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [Mix salt and sand, and it shall puzzle the wisest of men, with his mere natural appliances, to separate all the grains of sand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/mix-salt-and-sand-and-it-shall-puzzle-the-wisest-of-men-with-his-mere/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/what-are-the-moral-convictions-most-fondly-held-by-barbarous-and-semi/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

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