It is wrong for a man to say that he is certain of the objective truth…

Thomas Huxley
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It is wrong for a man to say that he is certain of the objective truth of any proposition unless he can produce evidence which logically justifies that certainty. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2012). Lectures and Essays, p.247, tredition
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