"It is true that my discovery of LSD was a chance discovery, but it was the outcome of planned experiments and these experiments took place in the framework of systematic pharmaceutical, chemical research. It could better be described as serendipity."
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Albert Hofmann, as quoted in Under the Influence : The Disinformation Guide to Drugs (2004) by Preston Peet, p. 284
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