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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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History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – Thomas Huxley

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History
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Thomas Huxley
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Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion! – Thomas Huxley

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Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved. – Jacob Bronowski

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Whats different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. Thats what makes it both powerful and exciting. – Jeremy Rifkin

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Science is all metaphor. – Timothy Leary

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