“Specialization in every sphere of intellectual work is producing an ever widening gulf between the intellectual worker and the non-specialist, which makes it more difficult for the life of the nation to be fertilized and enriched by the achievements of art and science.”
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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and The World as I See It, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: The World as I See It
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This page records the wording "Specialization in every sphere of intellectual work is producing an…," which centers on specialization, sphere, intellectual. 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 education context.
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