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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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It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy. – Thomas Huxley

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Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. – Thomas Huxley

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My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. – Thomas Huxley

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So Bush certainly wasnt the greatest, and Obama has not done the job. And hes created a lot of disincentive. Hes created a lot of great dissatisfaction. Regulations and regulatory is going through the roof. Its almost impossible to get anything done in the country. – Donald Trump

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