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Richard Dawkins said of Hitchens, "He was a [[polymath]], a wit, immensely knowledgeable, and a valiant fighter against all tyrants, including imaginary supernatural ones."[ Dawkins later described Hitchens as "probably the best orator I've ever heard", and called his death "an enormous loss".][{{cite magazine |last=d'Addario |first=Daniel |date=29 September 2013 |title=Richard Dawkins: I'm not like Christopher Hitchens! |magazine=[[Salon (magazine)|Salon]] |url=https://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/richard_dawkins_im_not_like_christopher_hitchens/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424184946/https://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/richard_dawkins_im_not_like_christopher_hitchens/ |archive-date=24 April 2021 }}] |
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Richard Dawkins said of Hitchens, "He was a [[polymath]], a wit, immensely knowledgeable, and a valiant fighter against all tyrants, including imaginary supernatural ones."[ Dawkins later described Hitchens as "probably the best orator I've ever heard", and called his death "an enormous loss".][{{cite magazine |last=d'Addario |first=Daniel |date=29 September 2013 |title=Richard Dawkins: I'm not like Christopher Hitchens! |magazine=[[Salon (magazine)|Salon]] |url=https://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/richard_dawkins_im_not_like_christopher_hitchens/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424184946/https://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/richard_dawkins_im_not_like_christopher_hitchens/ |archive-date=24 April 2021 }}] |
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{{external media|video1=[https://www.c-span.org/video/?305834-1/tribute-christopher-hitchens "A tribute to Christopher Hitchens", hosted by ''Vanity Fair'' magazine, 20 April 2012], [[C-SPAN]]}} The American [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] and [[cosmologist]] [[Lawrence Krauss]] said: |
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{{external media|width=260px|video1=[https://www.c-span.org/video/?305834-1/tribute-christopher-hitchens "A tribute to Christopher Hitchens", hosted by ''Vanity Fair'' magazine, 20 April 2012], [[C-SPAN]]}} The American [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] and [[cosmologist]] [[Lawrence Krauss]] said: |
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{{blockquote|Christopher was a beacon of knowledge and light in a world that constantly threatens to extinguish both. He had the courage to accept the world for just what it is and not what he wanted it to be. That's the highest praise, I believe, one can give to any intellect. He understood that the universe doesn't care about our existence or welfare, and he epitomized the realization that our lives have meaning only to the extent that we give them meaning.[{{Cite web|first=Lawrence|last=Krauss|author-link= Lawrence M. Krauss|url=http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644326-remembering-christopher-hitchens|date=23 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424194902/http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644326-remembering-christopher-hitchens|title=Remembering Christopher Hitchens|archive-date=24 April 2012|publisher=richarddawkins.net}}][{{Cite web|url=http://atheistfoundation.org.au/lawrence-krauss-tribute-to-christopher-hitchens/|title=Transcript of Lawrence Krauss' tribute to Christopher Hitchens|year=2012|publisher=atheistfoundation.org|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324224741/http://atheistfoundation.org.au/lawrence-krauss-tribute-to-christopher-hitchens/|archive-date=24 March 2019|url-status=dead}}]}} |
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{{blockquote|Christopher was a beacon of knowledge and light in a world that constantly threatens to extinguish both. He had the courage to accept the world for just what it is and not what he wanted it to be. That's the highest praise, I believe, one can give to any intellect. He understood that the universe doesn't care about our existence or welfare, and he epitomized the realization that our lives have meaning only to the extent that we give them meaning.[{{Cite web|first=Lawrence|last=Krauss|author-link= Lawrence M. Krauss|url=http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644326-remembering-christopher-hitchens|date=23 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424194902/http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644326-remembering-christopher-hitchens|title=Remembering Christopher Hitchens|archive-date=24 April 2012|publisher=richarddawkins.net}}][{{Cite web|url=http://atheistfoundation.org.au/lawrence-krauss-tribute-to-christopher-hitchens/|title=Transcript of Lawrence Krauss' tribute to Christopher Hitchens|year=2012|publisher=atheistfoundation.org|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324224741/http://atheistfoundation.org.au/lawrence-krauss-tribute-to-christopher-hitchens/|archive-date=24 March 2019|url-status=dead}}]}} |
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