Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-22
NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
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avenues for research by scientists the world
over on these lines. As n result. within
short time the cure and prevention of tuber.
cnlosis. cholera. pneumonia. tetanus. ty.
phoid fever, maarial fever, yellow fever
and many other contagious diseases were
made effective.
''Pasteur found the gold mine. and all that
later investigators had to do was to stoop
and pick up the nuggets. lie had discovered
new world: later explorers had only to
define its various countries and localities.
''Pastcurs work has mapped ont the pos
siblity of n gradual extinction Of contagious
and infect iouS disease from the earth. lie
has left humanity face TO face with only
such Diseases as may result from herrditv or
from the mistakes which man definitely de-
cidcS 10 commit.
Better Health for All
'Thc expansion Of his work through the
coming ages must result in better health 10
all living creatures. 10 man. bcttcr health
must lead To nobl"r thoughts, and noblcr
thoughts must lead 10 higher aspirations,
bringing humanity closer and closer to It's
lofricSt destiny. With such possibilities Of
Increasing good to all humanity, what
man has ever lived who can claim such
greatness as II bcucfactor to the race?
''paSteur's greatness did not consist in de-
SrOymC men and countries for the purposes
OF Satisfying ambition or stateCraft. but
with love for his fellow men and love for
his country. \ pl"biScite taken in France
snmc Years ago voted Pasteur the greatest
OF all frcnchmcn, who had ever lived.
Pastcnr the Man
"Ilr chief characteristic Of PastcurS Iifc
WIS his power for focused and concentrated
chnrt toward solving Il problem, once he
had undcrtaknn it, His pcrtinaciiy Of pur-
pose was sustained by deep religious feel
ing mat made him more and more realize the
marv"Is Of natur" and the humility with
which the scientist should approach tho
secrets ot formative "rcHtiOn realizing that
man highest scientific attainment and
greatest unrav"ling of natures problems are
put i"rr'aStc of that eternal fountain Of
knowledge beyond the grave.
'tft"n have heard him say: There il
so much t" be don" and III" time is 50 short
1or H. Ito deprecated intellectual pride
among S'l'ltlN'S and. on the contrary, mora
lhan once expressed himself as follows: IF
!. s"d much NOR" knowledge thnn can
possibly possess. ] would still have the faith
OF Il lir"t"n peasant, aud if this knowIcdr.
were doubled might then have the faith Of
Inc fre'on PEASANTS wife,
=. oh my last visit 10 him. in 1893, aftcr
discussing many Of the later advances IN
medicine and biology he said rs We norted .
Good-bys but remember thai the last word
| VIII be spoken by ch"mi~try.'
ANA 80 ~ ls; tho development OF hioIogi
'ai chemistry, founded by Pastcur, is nm
ever, growing science, tho greatest fruits nf
Whlch must 'oln" from the branches OF thot
mur'eI"is tree OF knowledge Of which Pas
| tcur IL the trunk and the root, Tn tho frII
! ness Of time, acknowedging rastcur;" ,nin ,"
| Veious works as the world y great est bencfoo-
| TOR, the history Of medicine will bc diviJod
| into two great epochs-bpforn poste"r onI
| after Pagt"ur" '''"' anu