"Man is slightly nearer to the atom than……" — Arthur Eddington
"Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works of Nature with the astronomer, or the minutest works with the physicist. ... [K]nowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars."
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Arthur Eddington
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