p. 114
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God grant that by my persevering labours I may bring a little stone to the frail and ill-assured edifice of our knowledge of those deep mysteries of Life and Death where all our intellects have so lamentably failed.
— Louis Pasteur
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Source: Wikiquote: "Louis Pasteur" (Quotes, The Life of Pasteur (1902): Quotes of Pasteur from The Life of Pasteur (1902), published by RenΓ© Vallery-Radot, translated from the French by Mrs. R. L. Devonshire.)
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About Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (27 December 1822 β 28 September 1895) French microbiologist, chemist, pioneer of the "Germ theory of disease", discoverer of molecular asymmetry and stereo-chemistry, and inventor of the process of Pasteurization.
About Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (27 December 1822 β 28 September 1895) French microbiologist, chemist, pioneer of the "Germ theory of disease", discoverer of molecular asymmetry and stereo-chemistry, and inventor of the process of Pasteurization.
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