Quote#Science & Reason
I do not mean to suggest that scientific differences should be…
Quote byThomas Henry Huxley · 1825–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Succinct History of the Controversy respecting the Cerebral Structure of Man and the Apes, Evidence as to Man's place in Nature (1863).
English (original)
I do not mean to suggest that scientific differences should be settled by universal suffrage, but I do conceive that solid proofs must be met by something more than empty and unsupported assertions.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
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