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

Quote by Thomas Henry Huxley

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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

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.

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

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...

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...

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

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.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to...

Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to...

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.