“Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science, as strangled snakes beside that of Hercules” LyingSnakesTheologianCradle Book:The semi-barbarous Hebrew and the extinguished theologian [a reply to T.H. Huxley's Lay sermons]. Source: The semi-barbarous Hebrew and the extinguished theologian [a reply to T.H. Huxley's Lay sermons].