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It is the test of a good religion whether you can make a joke about it.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can make a joke about it.
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.
Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.
Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.
The theory of evolution must be considered as a scientific theory, as theory, that is, proposed to explain or systemize read more
The theory of evolution must be considered as a scientific theory, as theory, that is, proposed to explain or systemize a set of facts, and that no one has any claim to be considered as a serious rival to Darwin in the "discovery" of this theory who did not conduct his evolutionary studies upon a reasonably wide basis of facts. To have ideas, apercus, is not enough, and it is the overevalutation of such clever but uncontrolled guesses which is apt to produce the ludicrous fallacy of combination, in which fragments of the final theory are collected from widely scattered sources and are combined in such a way as to impugn the originality of him who was the first to see how such a synthesis was possible.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained.
If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained.
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly read more
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.
Every man...should periodically be compelled to listen to opinions which are infuriating to him. To hear nothing but what is read more
Every man...should periodically be compelled to listen to opinions which are infuriating to him. To hear nothing but what is pleasing to one is to make a pillow of the mind.
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
