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J. Robert Oppenheimer,
who had directed the project, said: "We waited until the blast
had passed, walked out of the shelter and then it was extremely
solemn. We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed,
a few people cried. Most people were silent.
I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita:
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty
and to impress him he takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now
I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought
that, one way or another."
(From Richard Rhodes, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb")
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