The existence of metals, whether in the form of machinery or that of ore, depends upon certain inanimate qualities, whereas the existence of animals depends upon functions. Vital philosophy and mechanical philosophy are not correlated, they are radically and entirely different. The laws which govern the existence of animated beings and that of animated objects differ. Chiropractic science is being enlarged and urged on to a higher development by the demands of the art of vertebral adjusting. In chiropractic, you should discriminate between science and art.
Science depends upon principles, and art upon practice.
The theories of chiropractic become demonstrated facts, the practice an art. Science is knowledge, ascertained facts, accumulated, systematized information regarding causes and principles.