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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men
Thomas Huxley
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Thomas Huxley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1825
Born: May 4
Died: 1895
Died: June 29
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Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
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Let us have sweet girl graduates by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom and the golden hair will not curl less gracefully outside the head by reason of there being brains within.
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Elohim was, in logical terminology, the genus of which ghosts, Chemosh, Dagon, Baal, and Jahveh were species. The Israelite believed Jahveh to be immeasurably superior to all other kinds of Elohim. The inscription on the Moabite stone shows that King Mesa held Chemosh to be, as unquestionably, the superior of Jahveh.
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There is no sadder sight in the world than to see a beautiful theory killed by a brutal fact.
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Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!
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Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
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