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

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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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Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. – Thomas Huxley

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Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense. – Thomas Huxley

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley

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