...Prof. Huxley to be regarded with so much horror in some quarters : " The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such....duties ; blind faith the one unpardonable sin ; " and this sweeping but unjust classification of the clergy, for whom he has small liking: " In fact the...

...natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such," he says in another place. " For him scepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin." With all deference to Mr. 2s 1870.] [Nov. Huxley, we doubt whether the inculcation of this principle...

...natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such," he says in another place. " For him scepticism is the highest of duties ; blind faith the one unpardonable sin." With all deference to Mr 2s 1870.1 [Nov. Huxley, we doubt whether the inculcation of this principle...

...doctrine of his admirer (and admired) Professor Huxley, that for the seeker after natural knowledge " scepticism is the highest of duties — blind faith the one unpardonable sin." ' We are strongly of opinion that if Mr Darwin shewed in some cases more scientific scepticism, his...

...contrary, does his utmost to show their discrepancy. " The improver of natural knowledge/' he says, " absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such....the absolute rejection of authority, the cherishing the keenest scepticism, the annihilation of the spirit of blind faith. . . . The man of science has...

...those convictions, and assume the exact reverse of each to be true. "The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to. acknowledge authority as such. For him scepticism is the highest °f duties, blind faith the one unpardonable sin. And it cannot be• otherwise ; for every great advance...

...the " Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge," said : — " The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such....scepticism, the annihilation of the spirit of blind faith. .... The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification."...

...the " Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge," said : — " The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such....scepticism, the annihilation of the spirit of blind faith. .... The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification."...

...improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him skepticism is the highest of duties ; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. And it cannot be otherwise, for every great advancement in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority, the cherishing of...

...on the " Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge," said — " The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such....scepticism, the annihilation of the spirit of blind faith. . . . The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification."...