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Quote by Thomas Huxley
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up eve

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing. – Thomas Huxley

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Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit. – Thomas Huxley

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The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. – Thomas Huxley

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