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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledg

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties blind faith the one unpardonable sin. – Thomas Huxley

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I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. – Thomas Huxley

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

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The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me. – Thomas Huxley

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The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. – Thomas Aquinas

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If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. – Josh Billings

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Faith makes all things possible… love makes all things easy. – Dwight L. Moody

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But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and I keep in contact and sort of follow whats going on, but it was also very important to make this step, you may say this leap of faith. – Joseph Jarman

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