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Edward Burroughs
(1 Oct 1882 - 23 Aug 1934)
Irish bishop who was the Anglican Bishop of Ripon (1926-1934).
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Science Quotes by Edward Burroughs (1 quote)
The sum of human happiness would not necessarily be reduced if for ten years every physical and chemical laboratory were closed and the patient and resourceful energy displayed in them transferred to the lost art of getting on together and finding the formula for making both ends meet in the scale of human life.
— Edward Burroughs
In a speech to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Leeds, September 4, 1927.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
