Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

... by chance you will say, but chance only favors the mind which is prepared.

Inspiration is the impact of a fact on a well-prepared mind

My opinion - nay more, my conviction - is that, in the present state of science, as you rightly say, spontaneous generation is a chimera; and it would be impossible for you to contradict me, for my experiments all stand forth to prove that spontaneous generation is a chimera.

What did you do today to receive your instruction?

The artificial products do not have any molecular dissymmetry; and I could not indicate the existence of a more profound separation between the products born under the influence of life and all the others.

Do not promote what you can't explain, simplify, and prove early.