“When we contemplate the world of Epicurus, and conceive the universe to be a fortuitous jumble of atoms, there is nothing grand in this idea. The clashing of atoms by blind chance has nothing in it fit to raise our conceptions, or to elevate the mind. But the regular structure of a vast system of beings, produced by creating power, and governed by the best laws which perfect wisdom and goodness could contrive, is a spectacle which elevates the understanding, and fills the soul with devout admiration.” WorldMindIdeasSoulLawUniverseUnderstandingChancePerfectFitGoodnessCreatingRaisesBlindStructureAdmirationConceptionAtomsContemplatingFortuitous Book:Philosophical works Source: Philosophical works
“How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms.” IfsShouldChanceGenerationsMovedAccidentsAtomsMutationFortuitous Book:Select discourses Source: Select discourses
“Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.” ShouldTryingNightEnergyChanceMillionsTenRoundsConvinceHallsAtomsReservoirsSplittingAmmunitionGnatsSplitting The Atom Author:Ernest Rutherford