I try to identify myself with the atoms. I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom.
LINUS PAULING
LINUS PAULING
Linus Pauling on identity
Linus Pauling40 quotes“I try to identify myself with the atoms. I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom.”
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