[Berthelot] is not only a great chemist, but also a great philosopher. He possessed a universal spirit. His discovery of the synthesis of organic materials would be enough to immortalize his name. His work on explosive materials were also invaluable services...

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[Berthelot] is not only a great chemist, but also a great philosopher. He possessed a universal spirit. His discovery of the synthesis of organic materials would be enough to immortalize his name. His work on explosive materials were also invaluable services..." in the context of "Louis Pasteur, as quoted by Arthur Bower Griffiths, Biographies of Scientific Men (1912) p. 147." to mean that wisdom is timeless.