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Albert Einstein Quotes

Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal.

Source:Letter to Heinrich Zangger (1917)
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  • Name: Albert Einstein
  • Profession: Physicist
  • Born: March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955
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