Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the… — 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
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
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
In matters of intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard for any other consideration. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The vast results obtained by Science are won by no mystical faculties, by no mental processes other than those which are practiced… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
. . . I fail to find a trace [in Protestantism] of any desire to set reason free. The most that can… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I have never had the least sympathy with the a priori reasons against orthodoxy, and I have by nature and disposition the… — 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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“. . . I fail to find a trace [in Protestantism] of any desire to set reason free. The most that can be discovered is a proposal to change masters. From being a slave of the papacy, the intellect was to become the serf of the Bible.” quote by Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/973/thomas-huxley-1183_bible_i-fail-to-find-a-trace-in-protestantism_1736418.jpg)
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