"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority." ― Thomas Huxley Topic(s): Men Tags: advance, every, great, natural More From Thomas Huxley "The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification." "I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer." "The 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." More In Men "No man has any natural authority over his fellow men."― Jean-Jacques Rousseau "I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley "Truth sits upon the lips of dying men."― Matthew Arnold