One Does Not Ask Of One Who

Change Only Favours Minds That Are Diligently Looking And Preparing For Discovery.

If Science Has No Country, The Scientist Should Have One, And Ascribe To It The Influence Which His Works May Have In This World.

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.

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.