The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.

Quote by Thomas Henry Huxley

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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...

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...

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.

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

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

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 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,...

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...

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.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

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.

'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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and...

The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and...

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.