“My own career was undoubtedly determined, not by my own will but by various factors over which I have no control—primarily those mysterious glands in which Nature prepares the very essence of life, our internal secretions.”
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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Viereck interview (1929), but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: Viereck interview (1929)
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This page records the wording "My own career was undoubtedly determined, not by my own…," which centers on career, undoubtedly, determined. 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 science and creativity context.
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