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The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothes

The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. – Thomas Huxley

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I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy. – Thomas Huxley

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If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Natures part that she did not mean him to be a head worker. – Thomas Huxley

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In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. – Thomas Huxley

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