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Newton's Law Is Nothing But The Statistics Of Gravitation, It Has No Power Whatever. Let Us Get Rid Of The Idea Of Power From Law Altogether. Call Law Tabulation Of Facts, Expression Of Facts, Or What You Will; Anything Rather Than Suppose That It Either Explains Or Compels.

I Use The Word Nursing For Want Of A Better. It Has Been Limited To Signify Little More Than The Administration Of Medicines And The Application Of Poultices. It Ought To Signify The Proper Use Of Fresh Air, Light, Warmth, Cleanliness, Quiet, And The Proper Selection And Administration Of Diet-all At The Least Expense Of Vital Power To The Patient.

A Want Of The Habit Of Observing And An Inveterate Habit Of Taking Averages Are Each Of Them Often Equally Misleading.

Asceticism Is The Trifling Of An Enthusiast With His Power, A Puerile Coquetting With His Selfishness Or His Vanity, In The Absence Of Any Sufficiently Great Object To Employ The First Or Overcome The Last.

The World Is Put Back By The Death Of Every One Who Has To Sacrifice The Development Of His Or Her Peculiar Gifts To Conventionality.