The master-word in medicine : an address to medical students on the occasion of the opening of the new buildings of the medical faculty of the University of Toronto, Oct. 1, 1903 / by William Osler.

  • William Osler
Date:
1903
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Credit: The master-word in medicine : an address to medical students on the occasion of the opening of the new buildings of the medical faculty of the University of Toronto, Oct. 1, 1903 / by William Osler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of what the future has in store, believing that to-morrow should take thought for the things of itself. There is no such safeguard against the morbid apprehensions about the future, the dread of examinations and the doubt of ultimate success. Nor is there any risk that such an attitude may breed carelessness. On the con- trary, the absorption in the duty of the hour is in itself the best guarantee of ultimate success. He that regardeth the wind shall not sow, and he that observeth the clouds shall not reap,’^ which means you cannot work profitably with your mind set upon the future. Another potent cause of worry is an idolatry by which many of you will be sore let and hindered. The mistress of your studies should be the heavenly Aphrodite, the motherless daughter of Uranus. Give her your whole heart, and she will be your protectress and friend. A jealous creature, brooking no second, if she finds you trifling and coquetting with her rival, the younger, earthly Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus and Dione, she will whistle you off and let you down the wind to be a prey, perhaps to the examiners, certainly to the worm regret. In plainer lan- guage, put your affections in cold storage for a few years, and you will take them out ripened, perhaps a bit mellow, but certainly less subject to those frequent changes which perplex so many
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