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Quote by Niels Bohr
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. Th

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images. – Niels Bohr

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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. – Niels Bohr

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