The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

The cradle of every science is surrounded by dead theologians as that of Hercules was with strangled serpents

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.