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The doctrine of transmigration was a means of constructing a plausible vindication of the ways of the cosmos to man none but very hasty thinkers will reject it on the grounds of inherent absurdity.
Thomas Huxley
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Thomas Huxley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1825
Born: May 4
Died: 1895
Died: June 29
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