Herbert Nehrlich - Bernard Et Pasteur

Claude Bernard
sitting on the defective chair
close, and with care,
while Louis Pasteur,
par curiosité alleché,
was resting,
for his last time
on the bed he would
never sleep on again.
'Bernard, avait raison,
le microbe n'est rien.
Le terrain est tout.'
Then he closed les yeux.

Herbert Nehrlich

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