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Just as the supposed number may differ from the true number by fully 100, 150, or even 200 in a flock of 600 sheep, so may I be even more out of my reckoning in the case of these very little animalcules.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Born: 1632
Died: 1723

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