Quote by Thomas Huxley
I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always t

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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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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