Not as adventitious therefore will the wise man regard 

 the faith which is in him. 



It is not for nothing that he has in him these sympathies 

 with some principles and repugnance to others. He, with all 

 his capacities, and aspirations, and beliefs, is not an acci- 

 dent but a product of the time. While he is a descendant 

 of the past he is a parent of the future; and his thoughts 

 are as children born to him, which he may not carelessly 

 let die. 



HEEBEKT SPENCER, First Principles. 



Science, after all, should form a kingdom which is more 

 or less not of this world. The ideal scientist should know 

 neither self nor friend nor foe he should be able to hob-nob 

 with those whom he most vehemently attacks, and to fly 

 at the scientific throat of those to whom he is personally 

 most attached ; he should be neither grateful for a favour- 

 able review nor displeased at a hostile one ; his literary and 

 scientific life should be something as far apart as possible 

 from his social ; it is thus, at least, alone that any one will 

 be able to keep his eye single for facts, and their legitimate 

 inferences. SAMUEL BTJTLEE, Luck or Cwnning. 



The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to 

 acknowledge authority, as such. For him, scepticism is the 

 highest of duties ; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. 



T. H. HUXLEY, Collected Essays. 



