"...claiming my right to follow whethersoever science should……" — Thomas Huxley
"...claiming my right to follow whethersoever science should lead... it is as respectable to be modified monkey as modified dirt."
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Thomas Huxley
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195 Quotes by Thomas Huxley
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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of…
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as…
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For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it…
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a…
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so…
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That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is…
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Veracity is the heart of morality.
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining…
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If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
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As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room…
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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts…
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If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
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