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Huxley, Thomas - Intellectually we stand on an islet
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Thomas H. Huxley
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land ....
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.