Thomas Huxley

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of read more

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.

Time, whose tooth gnaws away at everything else, is powerless against truth.

Time, whose tooth gnaws away at everything else, is powerless against truth.

Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds read more

Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.