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The great
tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis
by an ugly fact.
-- Thomas H. Huxley
1825-1895, British Biologist,
Educator
Science is
simply common sense at its best--that is, rigidly accurate
in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
-- Thomas H. Huxley
1825-1895, British Biologist,
Educator
In scientific
work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far
as fact.
-- Thomas H. Huxley
1825-1895, British Biologist,
Educator
I know of no
department of natural science more likely to reward a man
who goes into it thoroughly than anthropology. There is an
immense deal to be done in the science pure and simple, and
it is one of those branches of inquiry which brings one into
contact with the great problems of humanity in every
direction.
-- Thomas H. Huxley
1825-1895, British Biologist,
Educator
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It is
inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make
their experiments on journalists and politicians.
-- Henrik Ibsen
1828-1906, Norwegian
Dramatist
Reason,
observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll
1833-1899, American Orator,
Lawyer
There comes a
time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an
experiment.
-- P. D. James
1920-, British Mystery Writer
Man lives for
science as well as bread.
-- William James
1842-1910, American
Psychologist, Professor, Author
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