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“ There can be no doubt that the existing Fauna and Flora is but the last term of a long series of equally numerous contemporary species, which have succeeded one another, by the slow and gradual substitution of species for species, in the vast interval of time which has elapsed between the deposition of the earliest fossiliferous strata and the present day. ”

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Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

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The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

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What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

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I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

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