Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything — especially as I am now so much occupied with theology — but I don't see my way to your conclusion.”
Letter to Herbert Spencer (22 March 1886); this is often quoted with a variant spelling as: I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.
1880s
Source: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley - Volume 1
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