Over
a hundred years ago, a university student found himself seated in a train
next to a man who was praying the Rosary, moving the beads in his fingers.
"Sir,
do you still believe in such outdated things?" asked the student of
the old man.
"Yes,
I do. Do you not?" asked the man.
The
student burst out laughing and said, "I do not believe in such silly
things. Take my advice and learn what science has to say bout
it."
"Science?
I do not understand this science? Perhaps you can explain it to
me," the man said humbly with some tears in his eyes.
The
student saw that the man was deeply moved. "Please give me your
address and I will send you some literature about it," the student
said.
The
man fumbled in the inside pocket of his coat and gave the boy his
card. On glancing at it, the student bowed his head in
silence. The card read:
"Louis
Pasteur, Director of the Institute of Scientific Research, Paris."
