 There are men and classes of men that stand above the common herd ; the soldier, the sailor, and the shepherd not infrequently ; the artist rarely ; rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of our...  The Southern California Practitioner - Page 1291897Full view - About this book
 | 1919 - 1188 pages
...the course of our illnesses met a doctor who justified Stevenson's great praise of the physician : ' He is the flower — such as it is — of our civilization;...stage of man is done with, and only remembered to be marveled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period,... | |
 | 1887 - 810 pages
...shepherd not unfrequently ; the artist rarely ; rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of our...history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period, and mcst fully exhibited the virtues of the race. Generosity be... | |
 | 1919 - 616 pages
...shepherd not Infrequently; the artist rarely; rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule. He Is the flower (such as it is) of our...stage of man Is done with, and only remembered to be marveled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period,... | |
 | 1914 - 528 pages
...and the shepherd not infrequently; the artist rarely; rarer still the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of our...stage of man is done with, and only remembered to be marveled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period... | |
 | 1887 - 812 pages
...shepherd, not unfrequently ; the artist, rarely ; the clergyman, still more rarely; the physician, almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of our...stage of man is done with, and only remembered to be marveled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period,... | |
 | 1887 - 790 pages
...the shepherd not unfrequently; the artist rarely; rarelier still, the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is), of our civilization; and when that stage of man is done with,and only remembered to be marveled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1887 - 204 pages
...clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it v is) of our civilisation ; and when that stage of man is done ' with, and only remembered to be marvelled at in history, Q he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period, and most notably... | |
 | George Edgeworth Fenwick, Thomas George Roddick, George Ross - 1888 - 800 pages
...shepherd not unfrequently ; the artist rarely ; rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of our...and when that stage of man is done with, and only to be marvelled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of... | |
 | 1888 - 512 pages
...with a distinguished writer of the present day in his estimate of the physician : " He is the flower of our civilization, and when that stage of man is done with and only remembered to be marveled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period,... | |
 | 1889 - 566 pages
...is not a trade, but a grand, good and noble profession, of which it has been said, "it is the flower of our civilization, and when that stage of man is done with, and only wondered at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period,... | |
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