The Medical Critic and Guide, Volume 23

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William Josephus Robinson
Critic and Guide Company, 1920
 

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Página 267 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Página 314 - I utterly dissent from the most conspicuous and vehement part of their teaching, their declamations against competition. With moral conceptions in many respects far ahead of the existing arrangements of society, they have in general very confused and erroneous notions of its actual / working ; and one of their greatest errors, as_1 9oneeivejjs_to / charge upon competition all the economical evils which at [ present exTsf.
Página 315 - Instead of looking upon competition as the baneful and anti-social principle which it is held to be by the generality of Socialists, I conceive that, even in the present state of society and industry, every restriction of it is an evil, and every extension of it, even if for the time injuriously affecting some class of labourers, is always an ultimate good.
Página 314 - I agree, then, with the Socialist writers in their conception of the form which industrial operations tend to assume in the advance of improvement ; and I entirely share their opinion that the time is ripe for commencing this transformation, and that it should by all just and effectual means be aided and encouraged.
Página 41 - Elegant dress serves its purpose of elegance not only in that it is expensive, but also because it is the insignia of leisure. It not only shows that the wearer is able to consume a relatively large value, but it argues at the same time that he consumes without producing.
Página 314 - It is the common error of Socialists to overlook the natural indolence of mankind; their tendency to be passive, to be the slaves of habit, to persist indefinitely in a course once chosen. Let them once attain any state of existence which they consider tolerable, and the danger to be apprehended is that they will thenceforth stagnate; will not exert themselves to improve, and by letting their faculties rust...
Página 41 - ... woman's dress. The substantial reason for our tenacious attachment to the skirt is just this: it is expensive and it hampers the wearer at every turn and incapacitates her for all useful exertion. The like is true of the feminine custom of wearing the hair excessively long. But the woman's apparel not only goes beyond that of the modern man in the degree in which it argues exemption from labor; it also adds a peculiar and highly characteristic feature which differs in kind from anything habitually...
Página 3 - Service gives the following reasons why baby's birth should be registered. 1. To establish identity. 2. To prove nationality. 3. To prove legitimacy. 4. To show when the child has the right to enter school. 5. To show when the child has the right to seek employment under the child labor law.
Página 407 - Truth, but as he lays no claim* to Infallibility, he will be grateful to his readers If they will take the trouble to point out his errors. It Is better to make a mistake in trying to tell the truth Than never to tell the truth for fear of making a mistake.
Página 268 - Alack, alack, is it not like that I So early waking, what with loathsome smells And shrieks like mandrakes...

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