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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Statement of the equivalence principle in Yearbook of Radioactivity and Electronics (1907), but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: Statement of the equivalence principle in Yearbook of Radioactivity and Electronics (1907)
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