 We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it.  Proceedings - Page 20by Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1870Full view - About this book
 | John James Stewart Perowne - Immortality - 1869 - 168 pages
...but sophistry and illusion." , And he then adds : — "Permit me to enforce this most wise advice. Why trouble ourselves about matters of which, however...of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Protoplasm - 1869 - 30 pages
...most wise advice. ' Why trouble í ourselves about matters of which, however important they maybe, we do know nothing, and can know nothing? We live...of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence. soiTi¿wjhatJiejsjMmise,r¿W»""!ind... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne (bp. of Worcester.) - 1869 - 180 pages
...nothing but sophistry and'illusion." And he then adds : — "Permit me to enforce this most wise advice. Why trouble ourselves about matters of which, however...they may be, we do know nothing and can know nothing t We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - Immortality - 1869 - 180 pages
...nothing but sophistry and illusion." And he then adds : — "Permit me to enforce this most wise advice. Why trouble ourselves about matters of which, however important they may be, we do know nothing and cau know nothing? We live in a world •which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1869 - 998 pages
...which professes to transcend them, and simply declines to express an opinion or to trouble himself about matters of which, however important they may be, we do know nothing and can know nothing. Perhaps we ought not to close this sketch without explaining the attitude of most scientific men toward... | |
 | Science - 1869 - 692 pages
...consciousness ; " and then of course it would be best to follow Professor Huxley's " wise advice," and " not trouble ourselves about matters of which, however important they may be, we know nothing, and can know nothing." Well, then, as Darwinism fails to explain the phenomenon, and... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - Science - 1869 - 700 pages
...consciousness ; " and then of course it would be best to follow Professor Huxley's " wise advice," and " not trouble ourselves about matters of which, however important they may be, we know nothing, and can know nothing." Well, then, as Darwinism fails to explain the phenomenon, and... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Life - 1870 - 56 pages
...for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." Permit me to enforce this most wise advice. Why trouble ourselves about matters of which, however...of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1870 - 444 pages
...for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion."1 Permit me to enforce this most wise advice. Why trouble ourselves about matters of which, however...misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each. and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Science - 1870 - 400 pages
...can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." 1 Permit me to enforce this most wise advice. AVhy trouble ourselves about matters of which, however...of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat... | |
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