On The Brink Of Being

A Body Of Work Such As Pasteur's Is Inconceivable In Our Time: No Man Would Be Given A Chance To Create A Whole Science. Nowadays A Path Is Scarcely Opened Up When The Crowd Begins To Pour In.

We Bestow On Others Praise In Which We Do Not Believe, On Condition That In Return They Bestow Upon Us Praise In Which We Do.

We Give Others Praise Which We Ourselves Don't Believe, As Long As They Respond With Praise We Can Believe.

Nothing Leads The Scientist So Astray As A Premature Truth.

Kill One Man And You're A Murderer, Kill A Million And You're A Conqueror.