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Any one who only knows scientific research in its practical…

Quote byAlbert Einstein · 1879–1955

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Religion and Science (1930), Wording in Ideas and Opinions: It is therefore easy to see why the churches have always fought science and persecuted its devotees. On the other hand, I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research. Only those who.

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Any one who only knows scientific research in its practical applications may easily come to a wrong interpretation of the state of mind of the men who, surrounded by skeptical contemporaries, have shown the way to kindred spirits scattered over all countries in all centuries.

— Albert Einstein

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