Speaking of walking, this afternoon I got on the 6 train. After waiting for a proverbial eternity, an announcement was issued that all 4, 5 and 6 trains in both directions were delayed due to "signal problems".
So I blurted out some choice expletives, got off at 86th St. and walked down to 63rd St. to catch the F train back into Brooklyn. Needless to say, my dogs are barking at me.
I cannot find citation to a talk, paper, or book by Fleming for this quote. It seems derivative and perhaps a corruption of Pasteur's "Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés" (In the fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind) in an 1854 lecture at the University of Lille. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur
I will say attributed, probably incorrectly - thanks for the catch. The quote was a headline on in Google, not in the book... his quotes in the book are less flowery. eg "Nature makes penicillin; I just found it,"
The Pasteur is probably closer to the original, as you say it iss reproduced in Wikisource's full transcription of the actual 1854 speech, sourced to Pasteur's collected works, compiled by his grandson Pasteur Vallery-Radot, with the surrounding paragraph intact and quoted in context. Thank you. I have spent the day correcting students texts and relied on Google.. but thought at the time I should verify!
Speaking of walking, this afternoon I got on the 6 train. After waiting for a proverbial eternity, an announcement was issued that all 4, 5 and 6 trains in both directions were delayed due to "signal problems".
So I blurted out some choice expletives, got off at 86th St. and walked down to 63rd St. to catch the F train back into Brooklyn. Needless to say, my dogs are barking at me.
I cannot find citation to a talk, paper, or book by Fleming for this quote. It seems derivative and perhaps a corruption of Pasteur's "Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés" (In the fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind) in an 1854 lecture at the University of Lille. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur
I was in two minds of checking its origins. Many quote sites show it = https://quotefancy.com/quote/1562851/Alexander-Fleming-The-unprepared-mind-cannot-see-the-outstretched-hand-of-opportunity and https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1204184. The Times of India claims it was actually "“You do not know what you will find, you may set out to find." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/130068189.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst From the Freemasons - https://scottishritenmj.org/blog/alexander-fleming-freemason
I will say attributed, probably incorrectly - thanks for the catch. The quote was a headline on in Google, not in the book... his quotes in the book are less flowery. eg "Nature makes penicillin; I just found it,"
The Pasteur is probably closer to the original, as you say it iss reproduced in Wikisource's full transcription of the actual 1854 speech, sourced to Pasteur's collected works, compiled by his grandson Pasteur Vallery-Radot, with the surrounding paragraph intact and quoted in context. Thank you. I have spent the day correcting students texts and relied on Google.. but thought at the time I should verify!