There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.

Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

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...

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...

It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end...

It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end...

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 scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability.

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

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...

My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don't get right.

My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don't get right.

Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.

Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

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...

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to...

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to...

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to...

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to...

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...

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.

We should choose the right because it is right, and leave consequences with God.

We should choose the right because it is right, and leave consequences with God.

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from...

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from...

In the middle of the cavernous cargo hold was a simple, aluminum coffin with a...

In the middle of the cavernous cargo hold was a simple, aluminum coffin with a...