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sorts of useful things and nothing else
He will want to know all sorts of useful things and nothing else; you will need the curb as well as the spur.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

SERIES ON UNDERSTANDING THE ATOM Nuclear energy
Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit Wilfrid E. Johnson ONE OF A SERIES ON UNDERSTANDING THE ATOM Nuclear energy is playing a vital role in the life of every man, woman, and child in the United States today.
— from Whole Body Counters by F. W. (Frederick W.) Lengemann

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