Louis Pasteur - Mind Quotes

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Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

On the inauguration of the Faculty of Science, University of Lille

Louis Pasteur

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

Louis Pasteur

Though one discovery always surpasses another, and though the chemical and physical knowledge accumulated since his time has gone beyond all Lavoisier's dreams, his work, like that of Newton and a few other rare spirits, will remain ever young. Certain details will age, as do the fashions of another time, but the foundation, the method, constitute one of those great aspects of the human mind, the majesty of which is only increased by years.

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