Thomas Huxley Quotes About Duty
-
It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible.
→ -
We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered.
→ -
Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
→ -
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
→ -
[Scientists] have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it however it may jar against their inclinations.
→
Related Authors
-
-
Maximilien Robespierre Lawyer -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Science writer -
-
Robert Browning Poet -
Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist -
Joseph Dalton Hooker Botanist -
Theodosius Dobzhansky Geneticist -
Alfred Russel Wallace Naturalist -
H. G. Wells Writer -
Charles Darwin Naturalist -
Theodore Dreiser Novelist -
Julian Huxley Film director -
Jean Gabin Film actor -
Ernst Haeckel Philosopher -
Jack London Author -
Charles Lyell Lawyer -
Aldous Huxley Writer -
Honore de Balzac Novelist -
Herbert Spencer Philosopher