"There is only one constant element in immunity, whether innate or acquired, and that is phagocytosis. The extension and importance of this factor can no longer be denied."

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Source : Elie Metchnikoff (1907). “Immunity in infective diseases”

Elie Metchnikoff

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“I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.”
“Trust that your soul has a plan, and even if you can't see it completely, know that everything will unfold as it is meant to.”
“We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether... The effect of the indulgence of this human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration.”
“To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.”
“Shooting at a man who is returning the compliment means going into action with the greatest speed of which a man's muscles are capable, but mentally unflustered by an urge to hurry or the need for complicated nervous and muscular actions which trick shooting involves.”
“But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”
“As to writing another book on geometry [to replace Euclid] the middle ages would have as soon thought of composing another New Testament.”
“Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different forms of intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses. This point was well demonstrated in the minutes before last December's tsunami, when tourists grabbed their digital cameras and ran after the ebbing surf, and all the 'dumb' animals made for the hills.”

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