![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - The 4th sort of creatures… which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged, that if 100 of them lay [stretched out] one by another, they would not equal the length of a grain of course Sand; and according to this estimate.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/the-4th-sort-of-creatures-which-moved-through-the-.jpg)
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - The 4th sort of creatures… which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged, that if 100 of them lay [stretched out] one by another, they would not equal the length of a grain of course Sand; and according to this estimate.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/grey-the-4th-sort-of-creatures-which-moved-th.jpg)
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - The 4th sort of creatures… which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged, that if 100 of them lay [stretched out] one by another, they would not equal the length of a grain of course Sand; and according to this estimate.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/blue-the-4th-sort-of-creatures-which-moved-th.jpg)
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - The 4th sort of creatures… which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged, that if 100 of them lay [stretched out] one by another, they would not equal the length of a grain of course Sand; and according to this estimate.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/red-the-4th-sort-of-creatures-which-moved-th.jpg)
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - The 4th sort of creatures… which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged, that if 100 of them lay [stretched out] one by another, they would not equal the length of a grain of course Sand; and according to this estimate.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/brown-the-4th-sort-of-creatures-which-moved-th.jpg)
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - The 4th sort of creatures… which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged, that if 100 of them lay [stretched out] one by another, they would not equal the length of a grain of course Sand; and according to this estimate.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/white-the-4th-sort-of-creatures-which-moved-th.jpg)
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - The 4th sort of creatures… which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged, that if 100 of them lay [stretched out] one by another, they would not equal the length of a grain of course Sand; and according to this estimate.](https://minimalistquotes.com/posterimages/the-4th-sort-of-creatures-which-moved-through-the-.jpg)
And therewithal, 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.
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK
The 4th sort of creatures… which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged, that if 100 of them lay [stretched out] one by another, they would not equal the length of a grain of course Sand; and according to this estimate.
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - [M]y 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/my-work-which-ive-done-for-a-long-time-was-not-pur-683x1024.jpg)
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - I’ve spent more time than many will believe [making microscopic observations], but I’ve done them with joy, and I’ve taken no notice those who have said why take so much trouble and what good is it?](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ive-spent-more-time-than-many-will-believe-making--683x1024.jpg)
![Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote - And I imagine, that [ten hundred thousand] of these little Creatures do not equal an ordinary grain of Sand in bigness: And comparing them with a Cheese-mite (which may be seen to move with the naked eye)](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/and-i-imagine-that-ten-hundred-thousand-of-these-l-683x1024.jpg)
