Thomas Huxley ( 9 of 19 )
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and read more
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.
The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.
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.
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and read more
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to read more
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly 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.
Science is simply common sense at its best--that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
Science is simply common sense at its best--that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
