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Without faith a man can do nothing with it all things are possible.
William Osler
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William Osler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1849
Born: July 12
Died: 1919
Died: December 29
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Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free man, with a new life.
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No dreams, no visions, no delicious fantasies, no castles in the air, with which, as the old song so truly says, hearts are broken, heads are turned.
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Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.
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The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.
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Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.
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Care more for the individual patient than for the special features of the disease. . . . Put yourself in his place . . . The kindly word, the cheerful greeting, the sympathetic look - these the patient understands.
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