“Numerous are the academic chairs, but rare are wise and noble teachers. Numerous and large are the lecture halls, but far from numerous the young people who genuinely thirst for truth and justice. Numerous are the wares that nature produces by the dozen, but her choice products are few.”
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No reliable primary or scholarly source confirms this exact wording as Albert Einstein's. It is widely circulated under his name and is listed as commonly attributed.
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This wording, beginning "Numerous are the academic chairs, but rare are wise and…," circulates under Einstein's name and focuses on numerous, academic, chairs. No strong source for the exact text was found, so the page presents it as commonly attributed while still explaining its practical connection to science and education.
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