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History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to be

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – 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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Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. – Thomas Huxley

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There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. – Thomas Huxley

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Sometimes – history needs a push. – Vladimir Lenin

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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history such is the history of civilization for thousands of years. – Mao Zedong

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Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain. – Gene Tierney

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