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Page 467 - Master of human destinies am I ; Fame, Love and Fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk. I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate; If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate...
Page 231 - The knowledge which a man can use is the only real knowledge, the only knowledge which has life and growth in it, and converts itself into practical power. The rest hangs like dust about the brain, or dries like raindrops off the stones.
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Page 467 - I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace— soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more!
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Page 385 - MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS. A Resume' of the Action and Doses of all Officinal and Non-Officinal Drugs Now in Common Use. By C. HENRI LEONARD, AM, MD, Professor of Medical and Surgical Diseases of Women and Clinical Gynaecology in the Detroit College of Medicine.
Page 467 - Teaspoonful every one, two, three, or four hours. This gives relief in a few minutes, and sometimes the relief is permanent.
Page 317 - September 24, 25 and 26, 1891, under the Presidency of -Dr. G. Betton Massey. Physicians interested in the discussion of electricity in medicine are invited to attend without further notice.