“ No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. Thomas Huxley
“ Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit. Thomas Huxley
“ Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Thomas Huxley
“ If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? Thomas Huxley
“ Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. Thomas Huxley
“ The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties blind faith the one unpardonable sin. Thomas Huxley
“ My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. Thomas Huxley
“ The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley
“ The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins. Thomas Huxley
“ Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley
“ Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. Thomas Huxley
