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| Sir William Osler
Conservatism and old fogeyism are totally different things; the motto of one is "Prove all things and hold fast that which is good" and of the other "Prove nothing but hold fast that which is old." It cannot be too often or too forcibly brought home to us that the hope of the profession is with the men who do its daily work in general practice. It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents. Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential... Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints. Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise... Look wise, say nothing and grunt; speech was given to conceal thought. Nothing is life is more wonderful than faith. Start at once a bedside library and spend the last half hour of the day in communion with the saints of humanity. The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. The great minds, the great works transcend all limitations of time, of language, and of race, and the scholar can never feel initiated into the company of the elect until he can approach all of life's problems from the cosmopolitan standpoint. The higher education so much needed today is not given in the school, is not to be bought in the market place, but it has to be wrought out in each one of us for himself; it is the silent influence of character on character... The higher the standard of education in a profession, the less marked will be the charlatanism. The only way to treat the common cold is with contempt.The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles... The very first step toward success in any occupation is to become interested in it. Locke put this in a very happy way when he said, give a pupil "a relish of knowledge" and you put life into his work. |
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