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If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.
Arthur Eddington
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Arthur Eddington
Age: 61 †
Born: 1882
Born: December 28
Died: 1944
Died: November 22
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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
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It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.
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It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
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The physical world is entirely abstract and without actuality apart from its linkage to consciousness.
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The helium which we handle must have been put together at some time and some place. We do not argue with the critic who urges that the stars are not hot enough for this process we tell him to go and find a hotter place.
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