Bernard Was Right. The Germ Is Nothing,

It Would Seem To Me That I Was Committing A Theft If I Were To Let One Day Go By Without Doing Some Work.

Do Not Put Forward Anything That You Cannot Prove By Experimentation.

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.

The Grandeur Of The Acts Of Men Are Measured By The Inspiration From Which They Spring.

The Universe Is Asymmetric And I Am Persuaded That Life, As It Is Known To Us, Is A Direct Result Of The Asymmetry Of The Universe Or Of Its Indirect Consequences. The Universe Is Asymmetric.