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No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry ca

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life. – Thomas Huxley

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The medieval university looked backwards it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. – Thomas Huxley

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In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. – Thomas Huxley

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To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science. – Isaac Newton

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One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it. – Herbert Simon

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If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public whats going on up there in the space program, then my jobs been done. – Christa McAuliffe

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