Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Thomas Henry Huxley
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Letter to Charles Kingsley, September 23, 1860, in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, vol. 1, edited by Leonard Huxley; Complete sentence from the original letter as reproduced in the biography. Letter heading and extensive surrounding passage read: discussion of evidence and belief after his
- Letter to Charles Kingsley, September 23, 1860, in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, vol. 1, edited by Leonard Huxley
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