The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-10-13
Upon a Subject of vital Interest, Affect
ing the Welfare of All.

The following remarkable letter from one
of the leading and best known scientific
u,r;tars of tho nrasopt dev 10 esnac;al1v
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anu shoulC' NC VI UNUSUAL value
to all readers who desire to keep pace with
the march of modern discoveries and events:
"a general demand for reformation is
one Of the most distinctive characteristics
CT the nineteenth century. The common
people, as well as the more enlightened and
refined, cry out with no uncertain voice to
be emancipate ed from the slavery of con-
servatism and superstition which has held
the masses in gross ignorance during a
large portion of the worlds history, and in
the time of the Dark Ages caNle near OBJ
literating the last glimmer of truth Dog
matte assertions and blind empiricism are
losing caste among all classes of all coun-
tries. People are beginning to think for
themselves, and to regard authority much
less than argument. Men and women are
no longer willing that ii few individuals
should dictate to them what must be their
sentiments and opinions, They claim the
right to solve for themselves the great
questions of the dav and demand that the
general good of humanity shall be re-
spected. As the result Of this general
awakening, we see. on every hand. minis
taxable evidences of reformatorv action.
People who, a Jew wears ago, endured suf-
fering the most intense in the name of
duty, now realize the utter foolishness of
sucb a course Man who ware ,,nGe, tba
BONDAGE of bigoted advisers allowed their
health to depart: suffered their constitu
lions to become undermined and finally
died as martyrs to n false system of treat
ment. There are millions Of people filing
untimely graves who MIGHT have lived to
a green old age had their original troubles
been taken in time or nranprlv treated
There are thousands OF people TODAY.
tboughtlesslv enduring the first svmntons
of some serious malady and without Che
slightest realization of the dancer that is
before them Thew have occasional head
aches: lack of annetite one dav and n
ravenous ono tho naYt az on nnacconntoN
BILE feelino of yearineSs1 sometimes acorn.
panied by nausea. and attribute ali these
troubles TO the old idea of q slioht cold, or
malaria II is hioh time that neonIe aUola
to a knowledpe a. fine seriousness of these
matters and emancinated themSeIves from
the nrofassionaI hl%otrv WITCH con :, OLE
them Wien this e dane and when oil
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