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“When I was a fairly precocious young man I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes and strivings that chase most men restlessly through life. Moreover, I soon discovered the cruelty of that chase, which in those years was much more carefully covered up by hypocrisy and glittering words than is the case today. By the mere existence of his stomach everyone was condemned to participate in that chase. The stomach might well be satisfied by such participation, but not man insofar as he is a thinking and feeling being.”

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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein, a German-born theoretical physicist, is renowned for his work on relativity and the photoelectric effect. His contributions revolutionized our understanding of the universe and had a profound impact on modern physics. more

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