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I claimed to be the first person to adjust a vertebra by hand, using the spinous and transverse processes and levers. I developed the art known as adjusting, and formulated the science of chiropractic, and developed its philosophy.

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Daniel D. Palmer
Age: 68 †
Born: 1845
Born: March 7
Died: 1913
Died: October 20
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Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds.
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He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge.
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The spiritual always did exist, always will. It is eternal, it is changeless.
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Chiropractic embraces the science of life, the knowledge of how organisms act in health and disease, and also the art of adjusting the neuroskeleton.
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Life is but the expression of spirit through matter. To make life manifest requires the union of spirit and body.
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Reverend Samuel H. Weed, at my request selected two Greek words, 'cheir' and 'praktikos', meaning when combined, 'done by hand.' From which I coined the word, 'CHIROPRACTIC.'
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Drugs are delusive they do not adjust anything.
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Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.
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I desired to know why one person was ailing and his associate, eating at the same table, working in the same shop, at the same bench was not. Why? What difference was there in these two persons that caused one to have various diseases, while his partner escaped?
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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Innate is a segment of the All-Wise Educated is an offspring of innate, a servant for its lifetime only. Educated continues with and lasts as long as life exists Innate is eternal, always was and always will be.
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The basic principle, and the principles of chiropractic which have been developed from it are not new. They are as old as the vertebrae... I am not the first person to replace subluxated vertebra, for this art has been practiced for thousands of years.
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Innate directs its vital energy through the nervous system to specialize the coordination and sensation and volition through the cumulative and vegetative functions.
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The mind must be cured as well as the body, as the mind so is the body.
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The only failure one man should fear, is the failure to do his best.
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Do not forget that chiropractors did not treat diseases. They adjust causes, whether acquired, spontaneous, or the result of accident.
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I feel it my bounden duty to not only replace displaced bones, but also teach others, so that the physical and spiritual may enjoy health, happiness and the full fruition of our earthly lives.
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