LaTeX Beginners Guide

Time for action – quoting a scientist

We will quote thoughts of famous physicists.

1. Create a new document containing these lines:

   \documentclass{article}
   \begin{document}
   Niels Bohr said: ``An expert is a person who has made
   all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.''
   Albert Einstein said:
   \begin{quote}
   Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
   \end{quote}
   Errors are inevitable. So, let's be brave trying something new.
   \end{document}

2. Typeset to see the result:
   

What just happened?

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