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

Quote by Thomas Henry Huxley

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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...

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

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.

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do...

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do...

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.

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...

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.

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...

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in...

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in...

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...

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 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...

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 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

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

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...

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...

His (Cardinal ) own opinion was his law

His (Cardinal ) own opinion was his law

The lawyer's first thought in the morning is how to handle the case of the...

The lawyer's first thought in the morning is how to handle the case of the...

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is...

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is...

All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive...

All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive...

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry...

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry...