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The more we realize our minuteness and our impotence in the face of cosmic forces the more astonishing becomes what human beings have achieved.
The more we realize our minuteness and our impotence in the face of cosmic forces the more astonishing becomes what human beings have achieved.
Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern
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- Bertrand Russell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern
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