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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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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The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. – Thomas Huxley

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The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. – Thomas Huxley

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