![I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for highly detailed research plans] because he could not have said, 'I propose to have an accident in a culture so that it will be spoiled by a mould falling on it, and I propose to recognize the possibility of extracting an antibiotic from this mould.'](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-doubt-that-fleming-could-have-obtained-a-grant-for-the-discovery-of-penicillin.jpg)
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