“People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live...[We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.”
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Probable attribution
A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and In a letter to Otto Juliusburger, September 29, 1942. Available in Einstein Archives 38-238, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: In a letter to Otto Juliusburger, September 29, 1942. Available in Einstein Archives 38-238
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This page records the wording "People like you and I, though mortal of course like…," which centers on people, though, mortal. 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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