“A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.”
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False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.