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Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth
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"Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth"

- Thomas Huxley

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This quote by Thomas Huxley is a caution against permitting religious beliefs to affect clinical research. Huxley is suggesting that when faiths are allowed to affect clinical research, it can cause a distortion of the reality. He is stating that when science is assisted by religious beliefs, it is not being loyal to the fact. Huxley is advocating for a separation in between science and religious beliefs, and for science to be based on facts and proof rather than religions. He is recommending that science needs to be guided by realities and proof, and that religions must not be permitted to affect clinical research. Huxley's quote is a reminder that science must be based on realities and proof, which enabling faiths to affect clinical research study can cause a distortion of the fact.

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Thomas Huxley This quote is written / told by Thomas Huxley between May 4, 1825 and June 29, 1895. He was a famous Scientist from England. The author also have 64 other quotes.

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