My work, which I’ve done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a craving after knowledge, which I notice resides in me more than in most other men. And there withal, whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.
Antony van Leeuwenhoek, from a letter of 12 June 1716.
工作我已经完成了很长时间。这并不是为了获得我现在享受的赞美，而是来源于对知识的渴求，这是我发现根植于我内心中比别人多的东西。此外，无论何时我发现一些非凡的东西，我都认为把我的发现置于书纸之中是我的责任，然后聪明的人们才可能知道。
安东尼 范 列文虎克 1716年6月 信节选
（看论文看到的，这论文写得真实有情怀啊）
