I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion so as to make the meaning of it as a process of evolution intelligible to the young. Thomas Huxley evolutionfashionhistory Change image and share on social
The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had an admirable training in accuracy of eye and hand. Thomas Huxley accuracyaccurateadmirable Change image and share on social
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. Thomas Huxley boardcallchess Change image and share on social
The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses. Thomas Huxley acknowledgeconsiderabledifference Change image and share on social
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Thomas Huxley accuratecommonfallacy Change image and share on social
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas Huxley learn Change image and share on social
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley beautifulfactgreat Change image and share on social
The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. Thomas Huxley backwardsfactoryforward Change image and share on social
Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth. Thomas Huxley ecclesiasticismsciencetruth Change image and share on social
The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals. Thomas Huxley coextensiveexistexistence share on social
