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Thomas Henry Huxley - Sacred customs, venerable dooms...

Sacred customs, venerable dooms of ancestral wisdom, hallowed by tradition and professing to hold good for all time, are put to the question. Cultured reflection. (Thomas Henry Huxley)

Sacred customs, venerable dooms of ancestral wisdom, hallowed by tradition and professing to hold good for all time, are put to the question. Cultured reflection.

Thomas Henry Huxley

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