Henry Huxley

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    To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall. Teach him something of natural history, and you place in his hands a catalogue of those which are worth turning round.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)