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Quotes from The Master-Word In Medicine — William Osler

1849–1919 Canada

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And the master-word is Work, a little one, as I have said, but fraught with momentous sequences if you can but write it on the tablets of your hearts and bind it upon your foreheads.

The Master-Word In Medicine (1903)

Though a little one, the master-word looms large in meaning. It is the open sesame to every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone, which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.

The Master-Word In Medicine (1903)

Every one of you will have to face the ordeal of every student in this generation who sooner or later tries to mix the waters of science with the oil of faith. You can have a good deal of both if you only keep them separate. The worry comes from the attempt at mixture.

The Master-Word In Medicine (1903)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Osler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.