Science Advances Through Tentative Answers To A

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.

Science Belongs To No One Country.

Oh My Goodness The Mystery That Has Prompted My Objective. My Quality Lies Exclusively In My Tirelessness.

Messieurs, C'est Les Microbes Qui Auront Le Dernier Mot." (gentlemen, It Is The Microbes Who Will Have The Last Word.)

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.