Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
Agostino Bassi
Born: September 25, 1773
Died: February 8, 1856 (aged 82)
Bio: Agostino Bassi, sometimes called de Lodi, was an Italian entomologist. He preceded Louis Pasteur in the discovery that microorganisms can be the cause of disease.