What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck (Secondary source)
George Sylvester’s interview with Albert Einstein.
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“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong.”
Albert Einstein
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