Thomas Huxley Quotes on Time
Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist, philosopher of science, and public lecturer, famous in his lifetime as Darwin's bulldog for his vigorous defense of evolutionary theory after the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. This page collects quotes attributed to Thomas Huxley on the topic of time, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“On the Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences" (1854)”
I cannot but think that he who finds a certain proportion of pain and evil inseparably woven up in the life of the very worms, will bear his own share with more courage and submission ; and will, at any rate, view with suspicion those weakly amiable theories of the Divine government, which would have us believe pain to be an oversight and a mistake, — to be corrected by and by. On the other hand, -
“To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall.”
On the Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences" (1854) p. 29 -
“On the Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences" (1854) p. 29”
To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall. -
“The fact is he made a prodigious blunder in commencing the attack, and now his only chance is to be silent and let people forget the exposure. I do not believe that in the whole history of science there is a case of any man of reputation getting himself into such a contemptible position.”
About Richard Owen 's view on human and ape brains, in a letter to J.D. Hooker (27 April 1861)