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“It may seem rash indeed to draw conclusions valid for the whole universe from what we can see from the small corner to which we are confined. Who knows that the whole visible universe is not like a drop of water at the surface of the earth? Inhabitants of that drop of water, as small relative to it as we are relative to the Milky Way, could not possibly imagine that beside the drop of water there might be a piece of iron or a living tissue, in which the properties of matter are entirely different.”

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Emile Borel

Emile Borel was a prominent French politician born on January 7, 1871, and died on February 3, 1956. He was active in French politics for several decades and held several important positions. more

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