from http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur there is an “only” in the original French that gives the quote a very different meaning. 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. Reply
from http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur there is an “only” in the original French that gives the quote a very different meaning.
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.