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A Liberal Education Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews (1870)Aphorisms and Reflections selected by Henrietta A. Huxley, Macmillan (London, 1907)from Reflection #114 selected by Henrietta A. Huxley, Macmillan (London, 1907)from Reflection #122 selected by Henrietta A. Huxley, Macmillan (London, 1907)from Reflection #228 selected by Henrietta A. Huxley, Macmillan (London, 1907)

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There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections) nothing that satisfies quiet reflection—except the sense of having worked according to one's capacity and light to make things clear and get rid of cant and shams of all sorts.

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95), British biologist and educator. Reflection #360, Aphorisms and Reflections, selected by Henrietta A. Huxley, Macmillan (London, 1907).

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