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Our ultimate analysis of space leads us not to a here and a there, but to an extension such as that which relates here and there. To put the conclusion rather crudely-space is not a lot of points close together it is a lot of distances interlocked.

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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An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.
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The physical world is entirely abstract and without actuality apart from its linkage to consciousness.
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