“It was badly received by the generation to which it was first addressed, and the outpouring of angry nonsense to which it gave rise is sad to think upon. But the present generation will probably behave just as badly if… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“In Paley's famous illustration, the adaptation of all the parts of the watch to the function, or purpose, of showing the time, is held… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“It is my conviction that, with the spread of true scientific culture, whatever may be the medium, historical, philological, philosophical, or physical, through which… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, whether you like… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a super inducing of an artificial… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“There can be no doubt that the existing Fauna and Flora is but the last term of a long series of equally numerous contemporary… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“When I reached intellectual maturity, and began to ask myself whether I was an atheist, a theist, or a pantheist; a materialist or an… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“For these two years I have been gravitating towards your doctrines, and since the publication of your primula paper with accelerated velocity. By about… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“The publication of the Darwin and Wallace papers in 1858, and still more that of the 'Origin' in 1859, had the effect upon them… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. That… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“Those who are ignorant of Geology, find no difficulty in believing that the world was made as it is; and the shepherd, untutored in… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“The question of the position of man, as an animal, has given rise to much disputation, with the result of proving that there is… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“Very few, even among those who have taken the keenest interest in the progress of the revolution in natural knowledge set afoot by the… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“All organisms vary. It is in the highest degree improbable that any given variety should have exactly the same relations to surrounding conditions as… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
“And those who will carefully study the so-called 'Mosaic code' contained in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, will see that, though Jahveh's… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share
