I Have The Faith Of A Breton

These Microscopic Organisms Form An Entire World Composed Of Species, Families And Varieties Whose History, Which Has Barely Begun To Be Written, Is Already Fertile In Prospects And Findings Of The Highest Importance. The Names Of These Organisms Are Very Numerous And Will Have To Be Defined And In Part Discarded. The Word Microbe Which Has The Advantage Of Being Shorter And Carrying A More General Meaning, And Of Having Been Approved By My Illustrious Friend, M. Littré, The Most Competent Linguist In France, Is One We Will Adopt.

Time Is The Best Appraiser Of Scientific Work, And I Am Aware That An Industrial Discovery Rarely Produces All Its Fruit In The Hands Of Its First Inventor.

Virulence Appears In A New Light Which Cannot But Be Alarming To Humanity; Unless Nature, In Her Evolution Down The Ages (an Evolution Which, As We Now Know, Has Been Going On For Millions, Nay, Hundreds Of Millions Of Years), Has Finally Exhausted All The Possibilities Of Producing Virulent Or Contagious Diseases - Which Does Not Seem Very Likely.

Imagination Should Give Wings To Our Thoughts But We Always Need Decisive Experimental Proof, And When The Moment Comes To Draw Conclusions And To Interpret The Gathered Observations, Imagination Must Be Checked And Documented By The Factual Results Of The Experiment.

The Grandeur Of The Acts Of Men Are Measured By The Inspiration From Which They Spring.