History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
Thomas Huxley
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- In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.
- Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
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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.
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