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Nikola Tesla1856–1943

To cause at will the birth and death of matter would be man’s grandest deed, which would give him the mastery of physical creation, make him fulfill his ultimate destiny.

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Man’s Greatest Achievement (1908; 1930)

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Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
“Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World” in Modern Mechanics and Inventions (July 1934)
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Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
“A Visit to Nikola Tesla” by Dragislav L. Petković, Politika (April 1927)
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Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
“The Problem of Increasing Human Energy”, Century Illustrated Magazine (June 1900)
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