Quote by Thomas Huxley
Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of e

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit. – Thomas Huxley

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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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Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. – Thomas Huxley

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It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious he learned the habit from Nature. – Christopher Morley

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A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule. – Michael Pollan, Second Nature, 1991

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In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope. – Henri Matisse

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The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. – Author Unknown

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