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“Those who wish to remain ignorant of the Latin language have no business with the study of Botany.”
― Clavis Anglica Linguae Botanicae
― Clavis Anglica Linguae Botanicae
“The pure Yang forms the heaven, and the turbid Yin forms the earth. The Qi of the earth ascends and turns into clouds, while the Qi of the heaven turns into rain.”
― The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine: A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary
― The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine: A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary
“At our most elemental, we are not a chemical reaction, but an energetic charge.”
― The Field
― The Field
“Medicine is not a science but a profession, a matter of practice… It goes to science and takes whatever results of research it considers efficacious; but it leaves all the rest. It leaves particularly what is most characteristic of science: the cultivation of the problematic and doubtful.”
― Can Medicine Be Cured?: The Corruption of a Profession
― Can Medicine Be Cured?: The Corruption of a Profession
“A myriad bubbles were floating on the surface of a stream.
'What are you?' I cried to them as they drifted by.
'I am a bubble, of course' nearly a myriad bubbles answered, and there was surprise and indignation in their voices as they passed.
But, here and there, a lonely bubble answered,
'We are this stream', and there was neither surprise nor indignation in their voices, but just a quiet certitude.”
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'What are you?' I cried to them as they drifted by.
'I am a bubble, of course' nearly a myriad bubbles answered, and there was surprise and indignation in their voices as they passed.
But, here and there, a lonely bubble answered,
'We are this stream', and there was neither surprise nor indignation in their voices, but just a quiet certitude.”
―
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