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bb119d4 "The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. And even a cursory glance at the history of the biological sciences during the last quarter of a century is sufficient to justify the assertion, that the most potent instrument for the extension of the realm of natural knowledge which has come into men's hands, since the publication of metaphor history science illimitable inexplicability principia solidity origin-of-species possessions intellectual business biology charles-darwin goal justification darwin infinite knowledge ocean isaac-newton newton unknown Thomas Henry Huxley