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" It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists, and physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms. "

George Wald

Knowing

Poor

Universe

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George Wald

Realize

You

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Balance

Nothing

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George Wald

Know

Love

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