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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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No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. – Thomas Huxley

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The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth. – Thomas Huxley

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The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins. – 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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