"In the year 1657 I discovered very small……" — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
"In the year 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain water."
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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11 Quotes by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now…
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Passing just lately over this lake, ... and examining this water next day, I found floating therein divers earthy particles,…
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Examining this water...I found floating therein divers earthy particles, and some green streaks, spirally wound serpent-wise...and I judge that some…
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The 31th of May, I perceived in the same water more of those Animals, as also some that were somewhat…
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I have divers times endeavoured to see and to know, what parts the Blood consists of; and at length I…
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Man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.
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Whenever I found something remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that…
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I have divers times examined the same matter (human semen) from a healthy man... not from a sick man... nor…
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Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so…
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A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.
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