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Albert Einstein

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

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Albert Einstein

One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after […] www.english-slang.com

Albert Einstein

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind […] www.english-slang.com

in effect

[in effect] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. The same in meaning or result. * /The teacher gave the same assignment, in effect, that she gave yesterday./ * /Helping your mother […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

take effect

[take effect] {v. phr.} 1. To have an unexpected or intended result; cause a change. * /It was nearly an hour before the sleeping pill took effect./ 2. To become […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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