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Biologist

Thomas Huxley, a British biologist, was a staunch supporter of Darwin's theory of evolution. Renowned for his research in comparative anatomy, embryology, paleontology, and philosophy, Huxley made significant contributions to the field of biology. He had a profound influence on science, not only through his support of Darwin's theory of evolution but also through his role as a science popularizer and advocate for science education.

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“Life is like walking along a crowded street--there always seem to be fewer obstacles to getting along on the opposite pavement--and yet, if one crosses over, matters are rarely mended.”

Ifs Life Matter Seems Life Is Streets Walking Crosses Opposites Obstacles Fewer Crowded Life Is Like Pavement Getting Along Crowded Streets

Book:Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Source: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

“And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”

Life Inspirational Weight Patience Perseverance Persistence Tenacity Cleverness Patience And Perseverance Life Patience

Author:Thomas Huxley

“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.”

Source: The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley

“The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.”

“There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.”

Life Success Failure Benefits Practicals Individualism

Book:A Library of Universal Literature in Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations

Source: A Library of Universal Literature in Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations

“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.”

Life Mother Greater Industry Method Notion Motherhood Wit Practicals Delusion Mother And Son Mother Son Practical Life Mother Son Relationship Mother Wit

Book:Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley

“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.”

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley

“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.”

Life Ends Action Life Is Business Acting Knowledge End Of Life

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“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.”

Life Children Age Success Science Spirit Secret Childhood Genius Old Age Enthusiasm Maturity Enthusiastic Enthusiasm For Life Inspirational Age Talent And Genius Turning 40 Carrying A Child

Author:Thomas Huxley

“The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.”

Life Done Success Lying Trust Morality Foundation Betrayal Deception

Book:Collected essays

Source: Collected essays

“For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them.”

Men World Life Firsts Eye Every Man Novelty

Book:A Scientific Education

Source: A Scientific Education

“Living things have no inertia, and tend to no equilibrium.”

Life Science Living Things Equilibrium Inertia

Book:Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews

Source: Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews

“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.”

Thinking Life Pain Certain Evil Courage Share Bears Proportion Worms Submission Woven

Book:Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews

Source: Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews

About the Author

Born: May 4, 1825
Died: June 29, 1895
Known for: Biologist
Quotes: 298

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