No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life. (Thomas Henry Huxley)

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.

Thomas Henry Huxley

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