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The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. it has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer
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The Atomic Bomb Made The Prospect Of

J. Robert Oppenheimer
The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. it has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
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So far as i can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. there used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. now we know the truth. war knows no law except that of might. the atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of japan. what has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see.
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