• Variant translations:
• I am on the verge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner. The nights seem to me too long... I am often scolded by Madame Pasteur, but I tell her I shall lead her to fame.
• Microbe Hunters (1926) by Paul De Kruif
• My plan of study is traced for this coming year... I am hoping to develop it shortly in the most successful manner... I think that I have already told you that I am on the verge of mysteries, and that the veil which covers them is getting thinner and thinner. The nights seem to me too long, yet I do not complain... I am often scolded by Mme. Pasteur, but I console her by telling her that I shall lead her to fame.
• The Life of Pasteur (1916) by René Vallery-Radot
I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner.
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner." in the context of "Letter (December 1851); as quoted in The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History (2004) by John M. Barry
• Variant translations:
• I am on the verge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner. The nights seem to me too long... I am often scolded by Madame Pasteur, but I tell her I shall lead her to fame.
• Microbe Hunters (1926) by Paul De Kruif
• My plan of study is traced for this coming year... I am hoping to develop it shortly in the most successful manner... I think that I have already told you that I am on the verge of mysteries, and that the veil which covers them is getting thinner and thinner. The nights seem to me too long, yet I do not complain... I am often scolded by Mme. Pasteur, but I console her by telling her that I shall lead her to fame.
• The Life of Pasteur (1916) by René Vallery-Radot" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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