“We were marching down the street, and we were at the head of the troops. We went on marching, and the troops went off to the left.”

—  Geoffrey Burbidge

Of his leadership of supporters of the Steady State theory of cosmology Wall Street Journal obituary 30 January 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703389004575033382092023468.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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