"Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries."

J. Robert Oppenheimer, American Physicist

May, Privilege

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"Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries."

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""It worked." (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation)."

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"Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries."

May, Privilege