It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a super inducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.

Quote by Thomas Henry Huxley

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Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they...

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they...

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

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 mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause...

No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation,...

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation,...

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the...

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

'Infidel' is a term of reproach, which Christians and Mohammedans, in their modesty, agree to...

'Infidel' is a term of reproach, which Christians and Mohammedans, in their modesty, agree to...

It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a...

It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a...

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as...

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as...

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life...

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life...

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time,...

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time,...

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and...

One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and...

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers

Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Most people are on the world, not in it - having no conscious sympathy or...

Most people are on the world, not in it - having no conscious sympathy or...