The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-24

Centnsi@ vese usheFe6 IN ard v1n-
t8ned dawn IL sSsea Il he pas1 Ma
oons ar0se, ssfuz}Aed and did rzces
we're barn. zu1TisAed. md passed
sw1Y. e3rt he4sot&inx de morniak
san huxhing The VOID IN parpae and
znid, md de eyening spien1sr kissias
~ runes 70 9eep, ye9 none dfenme1
sna1 = w1s fke eA1sA thas moved.
wnze The sun, IL u{gb$y sentinel of
inEn1ty, moved imperrep<ikfy- The
fAd1cy uss = last expto3ed By m In
noF1sof-snd i ezme nezx costing him
htx lie becxnse 4 shorkHd the co.,
seryssives.
I 1he Traveller sho starts On his jour-
|ney - mk3nsxht has far nsore - fear
dnrsag the frsf few hours be krupes
hts way than after the purpxirg east
berzi<ts the approach 81 day. nssre 10
fear during the uncertain fKht Of an
folding dawn than alter the golden
sptenao< ~ the sun foods his path
viii radiance.
JHss 70. far Rack IN the history II
medicine they hasGeresi asunx. en-
pjofing the most heroic measures. the
most deadly minerals. the nsoss loafh-
some connections that the brain coaId
conceive, and the s~xacses or heiriornfs
have be~n re4ioasiy DEGRADED for eezs-
furses, Only di>cxrdEng them when the
innoysfOrs compelled thefzs By their
snenr~s 70 reinefzntsy reiin4assh their
octopus bold
The old schools Of medicine. eias. ia
the ancient mantle OF after esnservzf-
fssas whose simple robes, have, - they
swept down the corridors OF the cen
turie>, caught and held 20 much ef The
tearhings Of Hippcerates, fsisss and
Saie7s, hoary win antiquity, ever rev.
ersnfiy worshiping the cd while they
invariably eomhzffed innovations
AID viewed With cynical skepfsrissn
eas b new discovery. Can such a fsp<lr
he regarded safe % trust ones physI-
cal happiness with
0ezy irregular move In medicine kas
been protest aEzinzt the iarbarsfses
OF the old Irrational congiornerate. II
nlust be remembered that every step
taken has been bitterly contested f5y
those IN power, bal after failing -
crush the beneficial innovation they
have been compelled TO embrace Il.
Come. wake UP and move on said
the people 10 the old school, accept
the new teaching or We uisi leave yos
70 starve. and thus in spite Of their
conservatism they have had 10 move
on. 10 be sure always away behind the
times, but stiii they erasfed snail-iike
and painfully along. far Ia the rear
Of the started standard bear
ers Of progressive thought. Slowly
and sehcl!iousiv they he'd to accept the
discoveries Of those whom they de-
noanced as dangerous quaeks. Many
have been the rude awakeningz that
this time honored old school has suf-
Tered from progressive thought.
Bat fame is earned. not merely by
things written, but by arisous great
hess of deeds accomplished. Every
assault upon the impregnabie citadel
of true science has added numheFIess
recruits to its cause The ammunition
OF calumny has been exploded. The
deadly prcjecf:,es hurled have missed
their destination. The shafts and ar
rows lie broken at the fee, Of victory.
And when Aurora's rays shah have
pierced the smoke u the beautiful. the
name Of the histogenctic system OF
medicine viii glitter brighs and Inn
perishable Fun IN the diadenl of sci
ence, when those who tried 70 wind
their shiny coils around lis Snowy
throat have mouldered in oblivion and
their epi;aphs have vanished from the
face OF the earth.