Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively...

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively...

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

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.

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.

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...

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...

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...

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may...

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may...

The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability.

The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of...

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of...

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of...

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of...

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold...

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold...

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

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

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 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....

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.

There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's...

Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's...

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.