Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. — Quoted

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“Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.”

Thomas Huxley · Money

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History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

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Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.

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Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

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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.

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