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. Arthur Eddington More Quotes by Arthur Eddington More Quotes From Arthur Eddington Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. Arthur Eddington idol himself before pure If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. Arthur Eddington nothing you hope law