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Quote by Thomas Huxley
My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fa

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. – Thomas Huxley

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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. – Thomas Huxley

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The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. – Thomas Huxley

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Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. – Thomas Huxley

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