Walking the streets of Tokyo with Hawking in his wheelchair. . . I felt as if I were … - Freeman Dyson

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Walking the streets of Tokyo with Hawking in his wheelchair. . . I felt as if I were taking a walk through Galilee with Jesus Christ [as] crowds of Japanese silently streamed after us, stretching out their hands to touch Hawking's wheelchair. . . . The crowds had streamed after Einstein [on Einstein's visit to Japan in 1922] as they streamed after Hawking seventy years later. . . . They showed exquisite choice in their heroes. . . . Somehow they understood that Einstein and Hawking were not just great scientists, but great human beings.

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