There are those about us who say that such research should be stopped by law, alleging that man's destructive powers are already large enough. {...} There is no doubt that sub-atomic energy is available all around us, and that one day man will release and control its almost infinite power. We cannot prevent him from doing so and can only hope that he will not use it exclusively in blowing up his next door neighbour {Aston in 1936}
( Richard Rhodes )
[ The Making of the Atomic Bomb ]
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