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♥♥ Lectures on Evolution by Thomas Henry Huxley ♥♥
This book is comprised of three lectures that Thomas Henry Huxley gave. 'We live in and form part of a system of things of immense diversity and perplexity, which we call Nature; and it is a matter of the deepest interest to all of us that we should form just conceptions of the constitution of that system and of its past history.
♥♥ Lectures on Evolution by Thomas Henry Huxley ♥♥
With relation to this universe, man is, in extent, little more than a mathematical point; in duration but a fleeting shadow; he is a mere reed shaken in the winds of force.
♥♥ Lectures on Evolution by Thomas Henry Huxley ♥♥
But as Pascal long ago remarked, although a mere reed, he is a thinking reed; and in virtue of that wonderful capacity of thought, he has the power of framing for himself a symbolic conception of the universe, which, although doubtless highly imperfect and inadequate as a picture of the great whole, is yet sufficient to serve him as a chart for the guidance of his practical affairs.'
♥♥ Lectures on Evolution by Thomas Henry Huxley ♥♥
