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Credit: The dynamic cure / by Laroy Sunderland. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![which she is constantly unfolding from the foetal into the rudimental; and from the youthful upward, to maturity and manhood, see with what astonishing power, she excels in the work of Humanity ! What developments in Genius, what powers in Intellect, what giants in mental stature she has, now and then, sent forth, to prophesy of the fu- ture, and show us what grounds we have yet for Hope. In aU ages she has had her apostles, men and women largely endowed with an understanding of her Laws, and who have, proclaimed the good time coming. And, surely, in that good time, we may hope, not merely, for a church without a bishop, a government without a king, and a future heaven without a devil, but Health, per- manent, uninterrupted Health, without drugs. All this Nature will do; and by the same laws that develop the Human Form, and bring it to the consciousness of manhood, and by whose plastic power, it is conserved and matured from one degree of development to another. Why not, then, let her proceed in her work, without interruption! When, injured or diseased by accident, who knows, better than she, what should be done to repair the mischief ? She is the true Nurse, the good Physician, with a lady's hand, an eagle's eye, and the lion's heart; exceeding, by far, all that poets have sung of tenderness in the maternal; all that can enter into the imagination to conceive of the true and real Alma Mater. Her ma- ternal powers are Divinely manifest in all we see of the beautiful, all we hear of the musical, all we feel of con- tentment, gratitude and hope. Her work may be marred, but never imitated. Of the Divine it is said his works [Laws] are perfect. As we become more familiar with his method and comprehend more of Nature's processes, we understand, also, how it is,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21079584_0190.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
