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One has only to contemplate the magnitude of this task to concede that the spontaneous generation of a living organism is impossible. Yet here we are-as a result, I believe, of spontaneous generation.

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George Wald
Age: 90 †
Born: 1906
Born: November 18
Died: 1997
Died: April 12
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