Quote#Courage
I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not…
Quote byAlbert Einstein · 1879–1955
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Michele Besso (8 October 1952). According to Scientifically speaking: a dictionary of quotations, Volume 1 (2002), p. 154, the letter is reprinted on p. 487 of Correspondance 1903-1955 (1972) by Michele Besso..
English (original)
I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.
— Albert Einstein
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