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III.—A Word on Geological Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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“Scientific men,” said Professor Thomas H. Huxley, “get an awkward habit—no, I won't call it that, for it is a valuable habit—of believing nothing unless there is evidence for it; and they have a way of looking upon belief which is not based upon evidence, not only as illogical, but as immoral.”

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1900

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References

page 298 note 1 “Science and Hebrew Tradition,” p. 65.

page 300 note 1 “Science and Hebrew Tradition,” pp. 134, 135.

page 300 note 2 Class-Book of Geology, p. 299.