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It is true that my discovery of LSD was a chance discovery, but it was the outcome of planned experiments and these experiments took place in the framework of systematic pharmaceutical, chemical research. It could better be described as serendipity.

Albert Hofmann

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Albert Hofmann
Age: 102 †
Born: 1906
Born: January 11
Died: 2008
Died: April 29
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