Thomas Huxley Quote Explained: Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

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Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one’s own way at all hazards.

Biologist

· England

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In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.

- Thomas Huxley

Biologist

· England

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The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

- Thomas Huxley

Biologist

· England

Respect
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Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

- Thomas Huxley

Biologist

· England

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If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

- Thomas Huxley

Biologist

· England

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Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.

- Thomas Huxley

Biologist

· England

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The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

- Thomas Huxley

Biologist

· England

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That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

- Thomas Huxley

Biologist

· England

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one’s own way at all hazards.

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.

Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain

He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

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