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«Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.»
Author: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
(Biologist)
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Duty,
Remarkable,
Sharing
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informed, ingenious, on paper, put down, remarkable, thereof
«In the year of 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain water.»
Author: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
(Biologist)
«M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a craving after knowledge, which I notice resides in me more than in most other men.»
Author: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
(Biologist)
«A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.»
Author: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
(Biologist)
«I've spent more time than many will believe [making microscopic observations], but I've done them with joy, and I've taken no notice those who have said why take so much trouble and what good is it?»
Author: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
(Biologist)
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