On the recordMarch 5, 1946
If the civilized world as we know it today is to survive, the gigantic power which man has acquired through atomic energy must be matched by spiritual strength of greater magnitude.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “If the civilized world as we know it today is to survive, the gigantic power which man has acquired through atomic…”
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Address in Columbus at a Conference of the Federal Council of Churches.
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