...Huxley, an eminent Victorian scientist, wrote an apt piece of advice in this regard: "Sit down before a fact, 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." I didn't quote Huxley to the high school reporter....

...terms. Our task is rather, like TH Huxley's in quite a different context, to sit down before the facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived...wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or we will learn nothing. . . . That is why the attempts of such scholars and philosophers as James Frazer...

...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 — his...

...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,...

...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 components...

...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...

...then, is reality? Ferrucci quotes the nineteenth-century British biologist Thomas Huxley: '"Science seems to me to teach, in the highest and strongest...the great truth which is embodied in the Christian concept of the entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact like a little child, and be...

...advice of Thomas Huxley. This British biologist and writer suggested that we should "sit down before a fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion." As you work through this book and this chapter, be prepared to let go of old ideas that compromise...

...would make no progress if they followed Thomas Huxley's injunction to "sit down before fact as a mere child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever nature leads, or you will leam nothing." As Michael Polanyi explains, "It is true enough that the scientist...

...and Culture and Other Essays Irratlonally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. 4933 "; 1 notlon, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. 4934...