“For scientific endeavor is a natural whole the parts of which mutually support one another in a way which, to be sure, no one can anticipate.”
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Probable attribution
A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Ch. 6 "On Freedom" (1940), p. 12, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: Ch. 6 "On Freedom" (1940), p. 12
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This page records the wording "For scientific endeavor is a natural whole the parts of…," which centers on scientific, endeavor, natural. A concrete trail points toward Einstein, but the exact English form remains unconfirmed; the page therefore labels it as attributed to him while preserving its creativity and wisdom context.
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