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The profoundly 'atomic' character of the universe is visible in everyday experience, in raindrops and grains of sand, in the hosts of the living, and the multitude of stars; even in the ashes of the dead.
The profoundly 'atomic' character of the universe is visible in everyday experience, in raindrops and grains of sand, in the hosts of the living, and the multitude of stars; even in the ashes of the dead.
Approximate author period: c. 1918 AD · modern
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- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1918 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: life dates 1881 to 1955. Wikidata Q189564, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189564 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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