That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to mainta…

Thomas Huxley
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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the State of Art of an organized polity; in which, and by which, man may develop a worthy civilization ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (1997). The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.307, University of Georgia Press
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