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• The great tragedy of Science--the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
  T.H. Huxley ['Collected Essays', 1894 ]...
• There is no sadder sight in the world, than to see a beautiful theory killed by brutal fact.
  -- Thomas Huxley, biologist (1825-1895)...
• Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. -- Thomas Henry huxley
• There is nothing so tragic as a beautiful theory destroyed by an ugly fact. -- Sherlock Holme
• The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. -- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
• Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
  -- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)...
• Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
  -- (1749-1832) Thomas Henry Huxley...
• Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature. -- Thomas Henry Huxley
• Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the later only as a veteran may differ from a raw recrui
  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....