French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
"If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your lifewill be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquility of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. . . . Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality . . . . Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frailhumanreed its unshakable strengths."
