I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate ti…

Thomas Huxley
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I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'. ✨ 'Collected Essays' (1893-94) 'Agnosticism'
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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley, Cyril Bibby (1971). T. H. Huxley on Education, p.72, Cambridge University Press
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I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'. ✨ 'Collected Essays' (1893-94) 'Agnosticism'

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