American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology Quotes

“According to the Miltonic account, the order in which animals should have made their appearance in the stratified rocks would be this: Fishes, including the great whales, and birds; after them, all varieties of terrestrial animals except birds. Nothing could be further from the facts as we find them;”
― Thomas Henry Huxley, American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology

“When we consider these simple facts, we see how absolutely futile are the attempts that have been made to draw a parallel between the story told by so much of the crust of the earth as is known to us and the story which Milton tells.”
― Thomas Henry Huxley, American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology