Henry Huxley

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    “The very existence of society depends on the fact that every member of it tacitly admits he is not the exclusive possessor of himself, and that he admits the claim of the polity of which he forms a part, to act, to some extent, as his master.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    “Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture—and very much to our credit.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    “Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)