Truths and their reception, considered in relation to the doctrine of homoeopathy; to which are added various essays on the principles and statistics of homoeopathic practice.

Date:
1849
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    ourselves whether we introduce it for a purpose that is likely to harmonize with the ordinary current of the world's feelings. If we can answer this point satisfactorily, and are conscious that the discovery is only to be introduced for the professed purpose of conferring upon mankind something that is generally desired, such as an increase of wealth, health, or contentment, we may then indulge the belief, that according to all the calculations of reason, we are entitled, from ordinary minds, to look for nothing but welcome. Still, however, there is one other point to be con- sidered. Although the love of novelty is inherent in every mind, there is also a faculty common to us all, which is apt to be unduly indulged, and which, when so indulged, acts in a powerfully antagonistic man- ner to the truth-receiving impulse. This faculty is called by the phrenologists, firmness, and, apart from its philosophical definition, is very well known to most persons in its form of undue activity, by the familiar term of obstinacy. The necessity of such a faculty has been very clearly demonstrated. It gives the tendency, it has been observed, to hold to any opinions we may have formed, and those per- sons in whom it is well developed, having once decided upon their course in any given matter, pur- sue that course to its termination with unshaken constancy. The primary function of the organ has never been very clearly defined, but it appears ta •admit of cx[)lanation thus:—When a question is
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