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“The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.”
― Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
― Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.”
― Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
― Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
“The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”
― Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
― Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
“Very few, even among those who have taken the keenest interest in the progress of the revolution in natural knowledge set afoot by the publication of the 'Origin of Species'; and who have watched, not without astonishment, the rapid and complete change which has been effected both inside and outside the boundaries of the scientific world in the attitude of men's minds towards the doctrines which are expounded in that great work, can have been prepared for the extraordinary manifestation of affectionate regard for the man, and of profound reverence for the philosopher, which followed the announcement, on Thursday last, of the death of Mr Darwin.”
― Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
― Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley