Louis Pasteur, speech at Douai on December 7th, 1854 on the occasion of the formal inauguration of the Faculty of Arts at Douai and of the Faculty of sciences at Lille (Université Lille Nord de France) - famous quote :"dans les champs de l'observation, le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés" - "In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind".
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Louis_Pasteur" class="extiw" title="w:en:Louis Pasteur"><span title="French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)">Louis Pasteur</span></a>
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1854-12-07
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