I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid t…

Thomas Huxley
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I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth. ✨ The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations. Book edited by Alan L. Mackay, 1977.
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God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me. ✨ Nature Vol. 149 (p. 291), January-June 1942.
It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains. ✨ Leonard Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.407, Cambridge University Press
It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodeling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions … ▶
The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). Collected Essays, p.146, Cambridge University Press
I care not what subject is taught, if only it be taught well.

I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth. ✨ The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations. Book edited by Alan L. Mackay, 1977.

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