> > On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:10:44 -0700, Stephen Speicher wrote:
> >
> > > 10 points to the first person to identify the author of these
> > > words, and 2 points for the year these words were published.
> > >
> > > "So the theory of relativity is really solely
> > > Einstein's work. And there can be no doubt that he
> > > would have conceived it even if the work of his
> > > predecessors in the theory of this field had not been
> > > done at all. His work is in this respect independent of
> > > the previous theories."
> >
> > I suppose that if Lorentz said this, then it's simply untrue to say that
> > Einstein plagiarized Lorentz...true?
> >
>
> Well, the quote makes clear that Lorentz, again, acknowledges
> Einstein's accomplishments.

But cannot ever be used to claim that *it's simply untrue to say that
Einstein plagiarized Lorentz.* For of course Lorentz cannot ever have known
what was in Einstein's mind. So Lorentz' opinion is irrelevant on the
subject.