“The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so…”

“The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable.”

— Nikola Tesla

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Title: Wikiquote: Nikola Tesla
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Quoted in 'Tesla, 75, Predicts New Power Source', New York Times (5 Jul 1931), Section 2, 1.

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Tesla, Nikola. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Nikola Tesla. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

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