"In the Radiation Laboratory we count it a privilege to do everything we can to assist our medical colleagues in the application of these new tools to the problems of human suffering."
"No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid."
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Source: Fictional character: Kurt. The Sound of Music, www.imdb.com. 1965.
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