I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything...

The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed.

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction.

I have no faith, very little hope, and as much charity as I can afford.

I really see no harm which can come of giving our children a little knowledge of physiology. ... The instruction must be real, based upon observation, eked out by good explanatory diagrams and models, and conveyed by a teacher whose own knowledge has been acquired by a study of the facts; and not the mere catechismal parrot-work which too often usurps the place of elementary teaching.

All knowledge is good. It is impossible to say any fragment of knowledge, however insignificant or remote from one's ordinary pursuits, may not some day be turned to account.

[Scientists] have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it however it may jar against their inclinations.