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Louis Pasteur

Albert Keim, Louis Lumet

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) once said, In the fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind. This remarkable scientist approached the realms of chemistry, microbiology, and applied immunology with an innovative and open mind. Born to humble beginnings in the French Jura, Pasteurs relentless determination often saw him persevere against significant opposition. Through a series of carefully designed and meticulously executed experiments, he developed veterinary vaccines that transformed the French wine, silk, and dairy industries, saving them from devastating losses. His groundbreaking work provided the essential experimental validation for the germ theory of disease, paving the way for figures like Joseph Lister to prevent infections in surgical patients and new mothers. Pasteur and his team put their lives on the line during the development of the rabies vaccine, ultimately delivering humanity from the clutches of this agonizing and often fatal illness. (Pamela Nagami, M.D.

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  1. Life of Prince Metternich-George Bruce Malleson 7:29:57
  2. Growth of a Soul-August Strindberg 6:51:58
  3. Soren Kierkegaard, Various Readings-Various 4:27:42
  4. Six Radical Thinkers Bentham, J.S. Mill, Cobden, Carlyle, Mazzini, T.H. Green-John MacCunn 8:41:43
  5. Pascal and the Port Royalists-William Clark 6:24:34
  6. Autobiography of Goethe Volume 2-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 8:41:59
  7. Negro in Literature and Art in the United States-Benjamin Griffith Brawley 4:21:30
  8. Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire-Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke 2:52:24
  9. Private and Public Life of Abraham Lincoln-Orville J. Victor 4:31:46
  10. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 06-Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 3:39:04
  11. Women of Versailles the Court of Louis XIV-Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand 6:36:46
  12. Daughter of the Seine-Jeanette Eaton 9:05:01
  13. Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer 6:17:06
  14. George Castriot, surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania, Books 1–3-Marin Barleti, Jacques de Lavardin 3:07:17
  15. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave-Henry Bibb 5:19:26
  16. Milton-Thomas Babington Macaulay 2:17:58
  17. Group of Famous Women-Edith Horton 4:15:07
  18. Life of Haydn-Ludwig Nohl 3:43:59
  19. Bismarck-Georges Lacour-Gayet 7:20:56
  20. Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead-John L. Ransom 8:32:51
  21. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli)-Julia Ward Howe 7:12:11
  22. Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch-William M. Clemens 4:32:34
  23. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5-Giorgio Vasari 8:36:20
  24. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin-Elizabeth Robins Pennell 7:21:29
  25. English Restoration and Louis XIV From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen-Osmund Airy 9:19:29
  26. Story of Aristotle's Philosophy-Will Durant 2:06:49
  27. Adventures in Silence-Herbert W. Collingwood 7:13:54
  28. Orion Clemens-Fred W. Lorch 1:03:52
  29. Valley of Baca a Record of Suffering and Triumph-Jennie Smith 7:12:09
  30. Hobbes-Leslie Stephen 8:13:26
  31. Underground Railroad, Part 3-William Still 8:33:26
  32. On Famine Fever and Some of the Other Cognate Forms of Typhus-Rudolf Virchow 1:37:57
  33. Henry II-Louis Francis Salzman 6:36:23
  34. Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa-Robert Louis Stevenson 7:05:18
  35. Life of Sir Walter Ralegh-Louise Creighton 6:37:45
  36. Annie Besant-Annie Besant 9:19:37
  37. Sergeant York and His People-Sam K. Cowan 3:29:50
  38. One Woman's Work for Farm Women The Story of Mary A. Mayo's Part in Rural Social Movements-Jennie Buell 1:38:13
  39. History of Henry the Fourth King of France and Navarre-John Stevens Cabot Abbott 6:48:31
  40. Prelude-William Wordsworth 7:55:39
  41. Walpole-John Morley 8:23:34
  42. Cavour-Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco 7:15:56
  43. Post Mortem Essays, Historical And Medical-Charles MacLaurin 6:05:37
  44. Political History of France, 1789-1910-Muriel O. Davis 4:36:49
  45. Life and Writings of Addison-Thomas Babington Macaulay 3:24:58
  46. Venerable Don Bosco the Apostle of Youth-M. S. Pine 5:07:47
  47. Alexander Hamilton-Charles A. Conant 2:46:54
  48. Finland and the Tsars, 1809-1899-Joseph R. Fisher 8:27:37
  49. Auguste Rodin-Rainer Maria Rilke 1:52:55
  50. Daughter of the Sky The Story of Amelia Earhart-Paul L. Briand, Jr 7:57:28