Few literary dishes are less appetising than cold controversy; moreover, there is an air of unfairness about the presentation of only one side of a discussion, and a flavour of unkindness in the reproduction of "winged words," which, however appropriate at the time of their utterance, would find a still more appropriate place in oblivion.


Collected Essays, Prologue (p. 2), D. Appleton & Co. 1900

Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes

Few literary dishes are less appetising than cold controversy; moreover, there is an air of unfairness about the presentation of only one side of a...

Few literary dishes are less appetising than cold controversy; moreover, there is an air of unfairness about the presentation of only one side of a...

Few literary dishes are less appetising than cold controversy; moreover, there is an air of unfairness about the presentation of only one side of a...

Few literary dishes are less appetising than cold controversy; moreover, there is an air of unfairness about the presentation of only one side of a...