“It is more sinful to conceal the power of the atom than it is to reveal it.”
W. Sterling Cole (1904–1987) American politician
Statement, 9 March 1954. Quoted in Peter G Boyle's The Churchill-Eisenhower Correspondence 1953-55
“I waive the quantum o' the sin,
The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
And petrifies the feeling!”
Stanza 6
Epistle to a Young Friend (1786)
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The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
And petrifies the feeling!" by Robert Burns?
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