Lectures on medical education, or, On the proper method of studying medicineLindsay & Blakiston, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... they can , perhaps , take care of themselves without assistance from others . Should some of the doctrines inculcated appear trite and obvious , an apology for that fact may be found in the age and position of those for whom PREFACE . xi.
... they can , perhaps , take care of themselves without assistance from others . Should some of the doctrines inculcated appear trite and obvious , an apology for that fact may be found in the age and position of those for whom PREFACE . xi.
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... appear to have not yet devised any that are better . But you will please to observe , that however good and fit these means in themselves may be , their utility in any given case must depend very much upon the manner in which they are ...
... appear to have not yet devised any that are better . But you will please to observe , that however good and fit these means in themselves may be , their utility in any given case must depend very much upon the manner in which they are ...
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... appear so mean , so poor , Verse will seem prose ; but still persist to read , And Homer will be all the books . you need . " I would advise you - especially those of your num- ber who have but recently commenced the study of medicine ...
... appear so mean , so poor , Verse will seem prose ; but still persist to read , And Homer will be all the books . you need . " I would advise you - especially those of your num- ber who have but recently commenced the study of medicine ...
Page 57
... appear , indeed , to possess in some measure the virtues of that Fountain of Rejuve- nescence which Ponce de Leon sought in vain among the ever - glades of Florida . Physicians are said to be , as a class , short - lived ; if this be so ...
... appear , indeed , to possess in some measure the virtues of that Fountain of Rejuve- nescence which Ponce de Leon sought in vain among the ever - glades of Florida . Physicians are said to be , as a class , short - lived ; if this be so ...
Page 59
... appears to prevail very generally in relation to the efficacy of reading as a means of improving the un- derstanding . It seems to be thought that the process of reading , in whatever manner conducted , has a ne- cessary and specific ...
... appears to prevail very generally in relation to the efficacy of reading as a means of improving the un- derstanding . It seems to be thought that the process of reading , in whatever manner conducted , has a ne- cessary and specific ...
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Page 77 - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions hold The immortal mind, that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 50 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.
Page 46 - Tis not a melancholy Utinam of my own, but the desires of better heads, that there were a general Synod; not to unite the incompatible difference of Religion, but for the benefit of learning, to reduce it as it lay at first, in a few and solid Authors; and to condemn to the fire those swarms and millions of Rhapsodies, begotten only to distract and abuse the weaker judgements of Scholars, and to maintain the trade and mystery of Typographers.
Page 74 - But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty; And to despise, or envy, or suspect Whom GOD hath of His special favour raised As their deliverer?
Page 116 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain, From mortal or immortal minds.
Page 129 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 48 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more; For all books else appear so mean, to poor, Verse will seem prose: but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.
Page 66 - He was as rapid a reader as could be conceived, having the power of perceiving by a glance down the page whether it contained anything which he was likely to make use of — a slip of paper lay on his desk, and was used as a marker, and with a slight...
Page 78 - The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
Page 78 - The secrets of the abyss to spy. He passed the flaming bounds of space and time . The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze ; He saw, but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.