Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.
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[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.
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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taught at the same time that he must forsake and even forget them when the welfare of his country requires it.
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If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.
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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, ’till he returns to them again.
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Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal privileges to others.
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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Mania’s premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.
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The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.
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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.
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