“I have come to believe that the motion of the Earth cannot be detected by any optical experiment.”
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This source-reviewed Einstein quotation develops a complete idea around believe, motion, earth. The wording "I have come to believe that the motion of the…" is tied to How I Created the Theory of Relativity, speech at Kyoto University, Japan, December 14, 1…, so readers can connect its themes of science and creativity to a documented context rather than a detached slogan.
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