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" 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 defects of the period, and most notably exhibited... "
New York State Journal of Medicine - Page 417
1904
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The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, Volume 78

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...herd; the soldier, the sailor, and the shepherd not infrequently; the artist rarely; rarer still, the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. He is...
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Denver Medical Times: Utah Medical Journal. Nevada Medicine, Volume 28

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...the shepherd not unfrequently; the artist rarely; rarer still the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule.' "And I wonder if Stevenson, for a moment,...
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The Medical World, Volume 37

1919 - 616 pages
...tame to what it would be if he had seen the doctor on the field of battle, it is not to be forgotten: There are men and classes of men that stand above...herd : the soldier, the sailor, and the shepherd not Infrequently; the artist rarely; rarelier still, the clergyman ; the physician almost as a rule. He...
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The Southern California Practitioner, Volume 12

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 and the shepherd, not infrequently, the artist rarely ; rarer still the clergyman ; the physician almost always as a rule....
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Weekly Medical Review, Volume 16

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...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...
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Underwoods

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...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...
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Saint Jospeh Medical Herald, Volume 33

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...herd: the soldier the sailor and the shepherd not infrequently; the artist rarely; rarer still the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. He is the...
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The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 35

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,...
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The Dial, Volume 8

Francis Fisher Browne - 1888 - 338 pages
...physicians whose advice he has sought of late years. "There are men and classes of men," "he says, " that stand above the common herd: the soldier, the...still, the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule." Humor also touches many of the verses, and notably those in the "Scots" section of the volume. The...
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Medical Era, Volume 8

1890 - 398 pages
...Pharmacodynamtcs. Fourth edition, p. 712. THE HYGIENE OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL. Вт MS WILLIAMSON, MD, There are men and classes of men that stand above...herd: The soldier, the sailor, and the shepherd not infrequently; the artist rarely; rarer still the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. — Robert...
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