We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most … - J. Robert Oppenheimer

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. ' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.

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