Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24
THE UIGHFST AUTHORITY
Upon n SubjcCi OG v IiHl Interest, Eff.
EcnL ~. ~ LErrlGa.-.. xan All

/ THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY.
Upon n Subject OI wal Interest, EF-
fcc1ag thc welfare of All.
The following remarkable letter from one
Of the leading and best known scientific
writer's Of the present day is specially signif.
cant, and should BE- Of unusual value TO all
readers who desire to keep pac3 with the
mnrch Of modern discoveries and events:
! "A general demand for reformation ~ one
Of the most dis motive characteristics of the
nineteenth century The common people, ai
well as the moro enlightened and refined, cry
out with no uncertain voice to be omancipa-
| tod Fl m the slavery Of conservation and su-
| perstitDn which has held the masses in gross
| ignorance during large portion of the
worlds history, and in he time Of the Dark
| Ages came near obitorating the last gm-
mer Of Truth. lOcmliic assertions and
blind cmpiricism ur3 losing caste among
all classes OF all countries People
arc beginning TO tbinl, for them.
selves, and to regard authority much less
than argument Men and women are no
longer willing that few individuals should
dictate to thom what must be their senti-
mnts and opinions. They claim the right to
solve for themselves the great questions of
the day, and demand that the general good
Of humanity shall be respected. As the re-
suit of this general awakening we see, on
every hand, uHmistal;abe evidences Of refor-
matory action, People who, few years
ago, endured suffering the most intense in
the name Of duty, now realize the utter fool
islness of such q course Men who were
undor the bondage Of higotel advisers allowed
their health to depart; suffered their
constitutions to become undermined
and finally died asmartyrs to false system
N tTN,n %
filling untimeIy graves who might have lived
to a green Old age had their original troubles
been takon in time or properly treated. There
are thousands of people to-day thou ht,essly
enduring the first symptoms of some serious
malady and without tho sli hest realization
Of the danger that is before them. They
have occasional hcadach hes; q lack of appetite
ono day and ruvenous one the next, or
an maCcountable feeling Of WEAKNESS,
sometimes accompanied by nausea, and
attribute all these troubles to the old
idea of slight cold or malaria. 1t is high
time that people awokc to a knowledge of the
seriousness Of these matters and emancipated
themselves from the professional bigotry
which controls them. " hen this is done and
when all classe' Of PHYSICIANS become liberal
enough TO exclude all dOgmas save that it ia
their duty to euro disease as quickly, and as
safely as possible; 10 maintain no other uosi-
ton than that Of truth honest y asccr aimed,
md 20 indorSc and + commend any remedy
that has ben found useful, no matter what
among thn drctnrs vyhile fbrra viii La ,cr,'aff
rejoicing throughout tn world"
ha metad CmI in mo f,r with, ~" I.+tn
but feel tbot Ion,ot lac trmn t w., ,ls
convictions unless | extend helping hand
sxtcnied ,u,iica ions for The mast Tou voar me
,nJ ,,rorli (esi,, in, or Fa,''t ',
# tho iinav. orj Ior Love n,rai,oaoJ ~
nloJiIni ,rn essin, tn flo ont +Lot thso , Tio
so,es arn aToot,v nCrensnr Tbo t,oat,,amt
,f The dCc2ors Ios hon .or,c, a,,reri,ro,,ti
and many If tGcir Naticnts IoTa dol Viii, hi,
ILev wnro costno nbomt cor re,nod,, n c ,lo
ihnyy, ''0'''
of is roy ovor t,v,, ,oors einoo my, o++o,,
lion was fret caI'el to tIcuse ~ a MET ,,,on-
lerfuI nra1orotiN,, IN tbo t,o,in,o,, "0n
Rr;aLt,, lHsoa,oog u iilSa,,, potd',tl ~
tro,.,,tI, or,oi ,,o ,i't tI,o ,o Uv',' lai
Ind heard of ra,rn,l,alin cures eGoaycd Nv Nv,
4 Inf lilo ,o,',, ,tbr, bositotoi ~ o,,t,,,S
1onI Ne nse ,cr,n,ol lriad - ~, ,,';o ind
lenn in NOON hCoIrh Gn SOMA ti,oa ,,d i'" Lee
,,TIica+;l,, f,r is,,,a,,,a 49,, H.; ;c 80 i.li
,no, aoot ~" '"' ,, al i4's DE ~
jienaso IaTan,; UH "I'"1C vi pIishCS
,ni~o+on c s ,i'' ro,. i'd' ~ Ga,
presence OF iaroe lmqntitihs If oIlannan s ana
granular tube cas,s which Continued tbs
correctness Of tEe Giornosis After irvine
all the usual remedies directed him to ne ne
this preparation and was TrSoflv snrnrisei
to observe decided Involvement within
month, and within for months M tnha
casts c1uld he discovered Ar thot tir,e thero
was present only trace Of olbmmen and he
felt, as he oxnrc,soi if ,,erfertiy Will and
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