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A Belief In God's Universal Love To All His Creatures, And That He Will Finally Restore All Of Them That Are Miserable To Happiness, Is A Polar Truth. . . It Establishes The Equality Of [humanity]. . .

I Shall Be Better Satisfied If The Same Can Be Said Of Me As Was Said Of The Prophet Of Old, "that I Walked In The Fear Of The Lord, And Begat Sons And Daughters" [genesis 5:22], Than If It Were Inscribed On My Tombstone That I Governed The Councils Or Commanded The Arms Of The Whole Continent Of America.

Were I Disposed To Consider The Comparative Merit Of Each Of Them [facts Or Theories In Medical Practice], I Should Derive Most Of The Evils Of Medicine From Supposed Facts, And Ascribe All The Remedies Which Have Been Uniformly And Extensively Useful, To Such Theories As Are True. Facts Are Combined And Rendered Useful Only By Means Of Theories, And The More Disposed Men Are To Reason, The More Minute And Extensive They Become In Their Observations

Let Us Show The World That A Difference Of Opinion Upon Medical Subjects Is Not Incompatible With Medical Friendships; And In So Doing, Let Us Throw The Whole Odium Of The Hostility Of Physicians To Each Other Upon Their Competition For Business And Money.

Without The Restraints Of Religion And Social Worship, Men Become Savages Much Sooner Than Savages Become Civilized By Means Of Religion And Civil Government.