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> [In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to…](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/)

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> [In matters of intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard for any other consideration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/in-matters-of-intellect-follow-your-reason-as-far-as-it-will-take-you/)

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

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> [One of the disadwantages of school and learning, he thought dreamily, was that the mind seemed to have the tendency too see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/one-of-the-disadwantages-of-school-and-learning-he-thought-dreamily/)

[Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/)

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> [The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-underhill/the-direction-and-constancy-of-the-will-is-what-really-matters-and/)

[Evelyn Underhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-underhill/)

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> [He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-had-thought-more-than-other-men-and-in-matters-of-the-intellect-he/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, & intellect & feeling are only important in so far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-underhill/the-direction-and-constancy-of-the-will-is-what-really-matters/)

[Evelyn Underhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-underhill/)

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