Quote #249
Time is that great gift of nature which keeps everything
from happening at once.
@A: Overbeck, C. J.
@R: Inserted as space-filler by the editors of _American Journal of
Physics_, vol. 46, #4 (April 1978), p. 323; no source cited. These
days the space-filler quotes come with sources, so perhaps they used
to have the same reliable provenance, only not stated.
@%: The quotation is frequently attributed to others, including John
Archibald Wheeler.
Time is that great gift of nature which keeps everything
from happening at once.
@A: Overbeck, C. J.
@R: Inserted as space-filler by the editors of _American Journal of
Physics_, vol. 46, #4 (April 1978), p. 323; no source cited. These
days the space-filler quotes come with sources, so perhaps they used
to have the same reliable provenance, only not stated.
@%: The quotation is frequently attributed to others, including John
Archibald Wheeler.
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