... . His interest was sparked because of his dissatisfaction with the popular theory of spontaneous generation. Using the information formerly gathered by his colleagues, Pasteur sought to give an even better explanation. This layering of the evidence builds a database of knowledge from which the scientist creates an experimental foundation. Similarly, the poet may take years to create poetry that is based not ... ...

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