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Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I have done what I could.

Louis Pasteur

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Louis Pasteur
Age: 72 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 27
Died: 1895
Died: September 28
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