We are like children playing on the seashore, and we have found a few smooth pebbles and pretty shells, while the great ocean of truth lies undiscovered before us.
Nuclear reactor, physics
Often attributed to Isaac Newton, but sometimes paraphrased or adopted by Fermi in his own philosophical reflections.
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