I Am On The Edge Of Mysteries

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.

One Must Not Assume That An Understanding Of Science Is Present In Those Who Borrow The Language

Every Chemical Substance, Whether Natural Or Artificial, Falls Into One Of Two Major Categories, According To The Spatial Characteristic Of Its Form. The Distinction Is Between Those Substances That Have A Plane Of Symmetry And Those That Do Not. The Former Belong To The Mineral, The Latter To The Living World.

If You Suppress Laboratories, Physical Science Will Be Stricken With Barrenness And Death.

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.