I have been trying to point... by Alexander Fleming, an English Scientist

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“I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.”

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Alexander Fleming

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Name: Alexander Fleming

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: Aug 6, 1881

Date of Death: Mar 11, 1955

Profession: Scientist

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I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.

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One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.

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It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.

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