“It's a very strange book (''The Secret Doctrine'') and I've even told professor Heisenberg, my fellow physicist, to get a copy and keep it on his desk. I urged him to dip into it when he's handicapped by some problem. The strangeness of this book may relax or possibly inspire him.”
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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and I Visit Professor Einstein by Jack Brown published in Ojai Valley News,(28 September 1983), but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: I Visit Professor Einstein by Jack Brown published in Ojai Valley News,(28 September 1983)
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This page records the wording "It's a very strange book (''The Secret Doctrine'') and I've…," which centers on strange, secret, doctrine. 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 perseverance and wisdom context.
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