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it neither dares rest in doubting
It is doubt which so loves truth that it neither dares rest in doubting, nor extinguish itself by unjustified belief; and we commend this state of mind to students of species, with respect to Mr. Darwin's or any other hypothesis, as to their origin.
— from Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Thomas Henry Huxley

is no doubt right in dating
He is no doubt right in dating the original composition of The Three Ladies of London before 1584, and probably also in attributing all of these plays to Wilson, but, seeing that they were all Burbage properties in 1589-90, is it not evident that The Three Ladies of London was an old Leicester play produced by Wilson before 1582-83, when he and Burbage left that company, and either that Burbage then retained possession of it, or, that it was brought to Strange's men by Pope, Kempe, and Bryan in 1589?
— from Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson

is no doubt right in declaring
He is no doubt right in declaring that the Indians before marriage were "in their temperaments" below affectionate love "in its simplest forms"; but, that being so, it is difficult to see how they could have acquired real affection after marriage.
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck

it neither dares rest in doubting
It is doubt which so loves truth that it neither dares rest in doubting, nor extinguish itself by unjustified belief; and we commend this state of mind to students of species, with respect to Mr. Darwin’s or any other hypothesis, as to their origin.
— from Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

it neither dares rest in doubting
Mr. Huxley goes on to recommend to the readers of the 'Origin' a condition of "thatige Skepsis"—a state of "doubt which so loves truth that it neither dares rest in doubting, nor extinguish itself by unjustified belief."
— from Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin


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