No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can ma…

Thomas Huxley
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No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (1908). Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.5, Library of Alexandria
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No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (1908). Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.5, Library of Alexandria

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