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An example of a metaphor used by a scientist:
"We might say that the principle of the conservation of energy, having previously swallowed up that of the conservation of heat, now proceeded to swallow that of the conservation of mass – and hold the field alone."
Albert Einstein
Einstein, A. (1946/1994) E = mc2. In Ideas and Opinions, New York: The Modern Library.
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