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Excerpt from An Address to the Class of Graduates of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of the State of New-York: Delivered at the Commencement, March 11th, 1847
Sooner or later, all require the aid of medicine, The services of medical men belong not to those of one race, or character, or condition, or sect, but to all. Humanity is the broad field in which they labor. The purpose of their labor is pure, unmixed good; not the good of a part only, nor yet (as often in other occupations) the good of one at the expense of another; but the good of all, and that, the greatest of all earthly goods - a sound body with a sound mind.
Independently of its value as a means of preserving and restoring health and prolonging life, medicine is a necessary element of civilization. Above all, it is an appropriate element of Republican civilization. It deals with man as man, and sees him with reference to his moral and physical constitution alone, independently of all extrinsic circumstances. The humblest is a man "for all that," and the highest is no more. Medicine in its kindly influences assuages bitter passions, and promotes sympathy and goodwill.
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