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Connie
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“Though it may not be apparent to the eye, the atomic desert is gradually sending forth new shoots of life. Living with deep faith and enduring courageously, this tiny group of people, who know the happiness of weeping, is suffering to make amends for the sins of the world. People without faith have not returned. Faith alone is the motivating force behind the reconstruction of Urakami.”
— Oct 05, 2026 11:04AM
Connie
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“One can well imagine the terrific efforts made by the American scientists. Meanwhile, there must have been many victims, too."
"Of course. There’s no progress in science without victims."
— Oct 05, 2026 09:09AM
"Of course. There’s no progress in science without victims."
Connie
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“Some scientists even hold that the gigantic quantity of energy emanating constantly, day and night, from the sun is nothing other than atomic energy from the constant explosion of the sun's atoms. If this is true, we could call the atom bomb a man-made, or artificial, sun.”
— Oct 05, 2026 09:08AM
Connie
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“I considered all that had happened since the previous day, and it tallied in every detail with what we were expecting from the phenomenon of the atomic bomb. Had this laborious work of research reached perfection? The victory of science: the defeat of my country. The triumph of physics: tragedy for Japan. Conflicting emotions churned in my mind and heart as I surveyed the appalling atomic wasteland around me.”
— Oct 05, 2026 09:05AM
And yet it was a precious experience for us. Placed on the experimentation table, we could watch the whole process in a most intimate way. We could observe the changes that were taking place and that would take place in the future. Crushed with grief because of the defeat of Japan, filled with anger and resentment, we nevertheless felt rising within us a new drive and a new motivation in our search for truth. In this devastated atomic desert, fresh and vigorous scientific life began to flourish.”