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“The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head. Often the best part of your work will have nothing to do with potions and powders, but with the exercise of an influence of the strong upon the weak, of the righteous upon the wicked, of the wise upon the foolish.”

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Book:Aequanimitas, and Other Papers that Have Stood the Test of Time. [With an Introd. by Paul Dudley White]

Source: Aequanimitas, and Other Papers that Have Stood the Test of Time. [With an Introd. by Paul Dudley White]

“Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that a wise and accomplished companion is talking to them; so thathe insinuates his sentiments and taste into their minds by an imperceptible influence. Johnson writes like a teacher. He dictates to his readers as if from an academical chair. They attend with awe and admiration; and his precepts are impressed upon them by his commanding eloquence. Addison's style, like a light wine, pleases everybody from the first. Johnson's, like a liquor of more body, seems too strong at first, but, by degrees, is highly relished.”

Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence; and conversations with many eminent persons ...

“Force was the factor in the government of the world when Christ was born, and force was the source and exercise of authority both by Church and State when Columbus sailed from Palos. The Wise Men traveled from the East toward the West under the guidance of the Star of Bethlehem. The spirit of the equality of all men before God and the law moved westward from Calvary with its revolutionary influence upon old institutions, to the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus carried it westward across the seas.”

Source: The columbian oration delivered at the dedication ceremonies of the World's fair at Chicago, Oct. 21, 1892

“My brother (Bruno Mars) is as smart as he is because a lot of things he's doing, creativity wise, our Dad used to do. Things my father used to do visually and musically. I see a lot of my father's influence in both of us.”

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Author:Eric Hernandez

“A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.”

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Book:The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life and Writings

Source: The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life and Writings

“It is the nature of the noble and the good and the wise that they impart to us of their nobility and their goodness and their wisdom while they live, making it natural for us to breathe the air they breathe and giving us confidence in our own untested powers. And the same influence in more ethereal fashion they continue to exert after they are gone.”

Giving Natural Gone Wise Air Influence Fashion Goodness Breathe Noble Nobility Impart Ethereal

Author:Felix Adler

“Not only has wilderness been a force in molding our character as a people, but its influence continues, and will, if we are wise enough to preserve it on this continent, be a stabilizing power as well as a spiritual reserve for the future.”

People Ifs Wells Enough Character Spiritual Force Wise Influence Preserves Wilderness Continents Reserves Molding

Author:Sigurd F. Olson

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