The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the hidden side of things. They bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language—the word 'enthusiasm'—en theos—a god within.
— Louis Pasteur Modern

Germ theory, pasteurization

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Lecture at the French Academy of Sciences

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1878

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