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Quote by Thomas Huxley
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politic

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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My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. – Thomas Huxley

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley

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