I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for...

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for...

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world....

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world....

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs...

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs...

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them....

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them....

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has...

Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has...

Misery is a match that never goes out.

Misery is a match that never goes out.

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism...

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism...

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

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

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived...

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived...

I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion...

I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion...

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what...

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what...

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall...

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall...

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach...

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach...

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly...

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly...

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by...

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by...

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly...

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly...

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.