 He is the flower (such as it is) of our civilisation; and when that stage of man is done with, and only remembered to be marvelled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the...  The Medical World - Page 2691891Full view - About this book
 | 1918 - 1070 pages
...Society and to our guild in general, Robert Louis Stevenson has paid a pleasing tribute, as follows: "There are men and classes of men that stand above...rarer 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,... | |
 | 1887 - 810 pages
...doctors, and however it may apply to many, it will not apply to all, it may be said with regret : '• There are men and classes of men that stand above...herd : The soldier, the sailor and the shepherd not unfrequently ; the artist rarely ; rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule.... | |
 | 1908 - 744 pages
...the toast, 'The Doctor in Politics,' I am reminded of something that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote : 'There are men and classes of men that stand above...herd ; the soldier, the sailor and the shepherd not unfrequently; the artist rarely; rarer still the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule.' "And I... | |
 | 1897 - 508 pages
...Louis Stevenson, in his preface to Underwoods has this to say : "There are men and classes of men who stand above the common herd : the soldier, the sailor...; rarer still the clergyman ; the physician almost always as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of our civilization ; and when that stage of man... | |
 | 1914 - 528 pages
...17. Limit your ambition. 18. Keep your temper. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S APPRECIATION OF THE DOCTOR. "There are men and classes of men that stand above...rarer 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,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1887 - 204 pages
...mine. That title from a better man I stole : Ah, how much better, had I stol'n the ^vhole ! DEDICATION THERE are men and classes of men that stand above...herd : the soldier, the sailor and the shepherd not ^ unfrequently ; the artist rarely ; rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule.... | |
 | 1887 - 812 pages
...of physicians is indicated by Robert Louis Stevenson in the preface to his new book, "Underwoods :" "There are men and classes of men that stand above the common herd — the soldier, the sailor, the shepherd, not unfrequently ; the artist, rarely ; the clergyman, still more rarely; the physician,... | |
 | 1887 - 790 pages
...volume of oems, Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson writes: There are men and classes of mm t li.-uVt :nu 1 above the common herd: The soldier, the sailor, and the shepherd not unfrequently; the artist rarely; rarelier still, the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. He... | |
 | 1888 - 418 pages
...his uncle, Thos. Bodley Scott, Robt. Louis Stevinson thus pays homage to the medical profession : " There are men and classes of men that stand above...herd : the soldier, the sailor and the shepherd not unfrequently ; the artist rarely : rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule.... | |
 | George Edgeworth Fenwick, Thomas George Roddick, George Ross - 1888 - 800 pages
...opening sentences of the dedication of Robert Louis Stevenson's recent volumes of poems, Underwoods. " There are men and classes of men that stand above...herd : the soldier, the sailor and the shepherd not unfrequently ; the artist rarely ; rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule.... | |
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