...irreligious point, likened the teachings of science to the Christian sense of surrender to God's will. "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared...preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing."" Huxley was too sophisticated a biologist...

...might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: "Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion— or you shall learn nothing." Representative GERALD R. FORD, address at the University of Florida, Gainesville,...

...Rare indeed is the article among his numerous publications where he does not quote TH Huxley's dictum: "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared...preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing."148 For Hooykaas, therefore, the Scientific...

...Chapter 7 Anatomy of a Good Commercial for Low-Risk Tools— BLUE Cell Products Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. —TH Huxley This chapter investigates the...

...that the way to advance our knowledge of fever and its mechanisms is in the words of TH Huxley (1860), 'Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared...preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.' Those coming into the field of research,...

...life of every natural philosopher should be, "Seek simplicity and distrust it!" Alfred North Whitehead Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared...preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. Thomas Henry Huxley We put thirty spokes...

...transfigured by deep and unbiased understanding. In the words of TH Huxley: 'Sit down before the facts 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...

...that allowed no wavering in the face of logic and evidence; and the humility to "sit down before the fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, and follow to whatever abysses nature leads" (Irvine: 129). References for Chapter Seven Berry, RJ...

...conform themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonise with my aspirations. Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the...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...

...Thomas Gradgrind is described as "a man of realities. A man of facts and calculations." (bk.1, ch. 2). 4 Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared...preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY, (1825-1895) British...