Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing fr…

Thomas Huxley
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Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. ✨ On the Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences (1854)
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