I was reading in the paper the other day about those birds who are trying to split the atom, the nub being that they haven't the foggiest as to what … - P. G. Wodehouse

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I was reading in the paper the other day about those birds who are trying to split the atom, the nub being that they haven't the foggiest as to what will happen if they do. It may be all right. On the other hand, it may not be all right. And pretty silly a chap would feel, no doubt, if, having split the atom, he suddenly found the house going up in smoke and himself torn limb from limb.

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About P. G. Wodehouse

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (/ˈwʊdhaʊs/; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years.

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Pen Names: Henry William-Jones P Brooke-Haven Pelham Grenville Melrose Grainger J Walker Williams C P West
Birth Name: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Native Name: Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Alternative Names: P.G. Wodehouse
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