Every living creature commences its existence under a form … - Thomas Henry Huxley

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Every living creature commences its existence under a form different from, and simpler than, that which it eventually attains.

Thomas Henry Huxley

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About Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May, 1825 – 29 June 1895) was a British biologist. A prominent defender of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, he was the grandfather of Julian, Aldous and Andrew Huxley. He was a critic of organised religion and devised the words "agnostic" and "agnosticism" to describe his own views.

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Also Known As: Darwin’s Bulldog

Alternative Names: T. H. Huxley • Huxley • Prof. Huxley

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There can be no doubt that the existing Fauna and Flora is but the last term of a long series of equally numerous contemporary species, which have succeeded one another, by the slow and gradual substitution of species for species, in the vast interval of time which has elapsed between the deposition of the earliest fossiliferous strata and the present day.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

Every living creature commences its existence under a form different from, and simpler than, that which it eventually attains. - Thomas Henry Huxley

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