The Advance of Science in the Last Half Century Quotes

“The occurrence of successive forms of life upon our globe is an historical fact, which cannot be disputed; and the relation of these successive forms, as stages of evolution of the same type, is established in various cases.”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:life

“There is no study better fitted than that of geology to impress upon men of general culture that conviction of the unbroken sequence of the order of natural phenomena, throughout the duration of the universe, which is the great, and perhaps the...”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:knowledge

“The great steps in its progress have been made, are made, and will be made, by men who seek knowledge simply because they crave for it.”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:knowledgeprogress

“The geocentric system of astronomy, with its eccentrics and its epicycles, was an hypothesis utterly at variance with fact, which nevertheless did great things for the advancement of astronomical knowledge.”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:knowledge

“In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. And, in scientific inquiry, at any rate, it is to that one or two that we...”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:wisdomscienceart

“It should never be forgotten that what we call 'catastrophes,' are, in relation to the earth, changes, the equivalents of which would be well represented by the development of a few pimples, or the scratch of a pin, on a man's head.”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:change

“Whether for this, or for some better reason, the founders of the schools of the Middle Ages included astronomy, along with geometry, arithmetic, and music, as one of the four branches of advanced education; and, in this respect, it is only just...”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:education

“The question of the position of man, as an animal, has given rise to much disputation, with the result of proving that there is no anatomical or developmental character by which he is more widely distinguished from the group of animals most...”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:man

“Physical science is one and indivisible.”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:science

“Nevertheless, it is possible for anyone, who has familiarised himself with the operations of science in one department, to comprehend the significance, and even to form a general estimate of the value, of the achievements of specialists in other...”

― Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

topic:science