“Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend.”
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Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.
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This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding.
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Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.
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