Denmark seen from foreign land
looks but like a grain of sand.
Denmark as we Danes conceive it
is so big you won’t believe it.
Why not let us compromise
about Denmark’s proper size.
Which will truly please us all
since it’s greater than it’s small.
Piet Hein
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GLOBAL VIEWS. Phys. Perspect. 13, 124 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-011-0054-9
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