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Paul Eldridge
(5 May 1888 - 28 Jul 1982)
American novelist, poet and teacher who also wrote short stories and magazine articles. He was high school teacher of Romance language in New York City (1914-45).
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Science Quotes by Paul Eldridge (4 quotes)
Genius is less rare than the touchstone by which to test it.
— Paul Eldridge
Maxim 319 in Maxims for a Modern Man (1965), 47.
There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.
— Paul Eldridge
Maxim 2838 in Maxims for a Modern Man (1965), 321.
We boast that we are mastering the secrets of Nature, but Nature has no secrets. We only tear off one by one the infinite peels of our ignorance.
— Paul Eldridge
Maxim 1895 in Maxims for a Modern Man (1965), 218.
We would bear the cruelties of nature with equanimity, if to them were not added the brutalities of man.
— Paul Eldridge
Maxim 1886 in Maxims for a Modern Man (1965), 217.
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) -- 
