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Life is like walking along a crowded street--there always seem to be fewer obstacles to getting along on the opposite pavement--and yet, if one crosses over, matters are rarely mended.
Thomas Huxley
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Thomas Huxley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1825
Born: May 4
Died: 1895
Died: June 29
Anatomist
Anthropologist
Biologist
Carcinologist
Ichthyologist
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Naturalist
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Physiologist
Lexington
Kentucky
T. H. Huxley
Huxley
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Matters
Pavement
Always
Street
Crowded
Life
Walking
Fewer
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Rarely
Along
Obstacles
Seem
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Opposites
Seems
Crosses
Mended
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