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man on this subject ; involves all his surroundings of body 

 and soul; extent of this one attribute of the god of medicine 

 represented by his daughter; he represents all; medical pro- 

 fession not confined to cobbling humanity; not restricted to 

 pill-driving; it is great to prevent disease, greater to cure when 

 in existence; ^Esculapius personification of all powers; Hy- 

 geia must lean on him; all are parts of one great whole 

 Anatomy, 'Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene; pillars of one 

 grand temple ; equal in significance all ; unity, spirit of the 

 world .. 537 



BOOK ILL ANTAEUS THE GIANT. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE MOUNTAIN TELLING ITS WHOLE STORY OF FATE TO MAN, CREEP- 

 ING IN HIS BONES, BOILING IN HI8 BLOOD, FLASHING IN HIS 

 URAIN. 



The man of poetry and fable; man of present hour different; 

 rather a failure; vulturous scavenger sinking toward annihila- 

 tion; man primeval; Methuselah; man once tasted the life ever- 

 lasting, is now a toad-stool; threescore and ten hold him; gone 

 stomach and loins; some good men in modern times; anatomy 

 and physiology of Methuselah; wisdom of myths; paradises 

 and falls of the races; instincts of the soul; men still turn to 

 those beautiful dreams; mournful Egypts; heavenly Canaans; 

 vague longings have eternal radicles; fallen splendor; "me- 

 mory will bring back the feeling;" have the doctrines of de- 

 spair a necessary origin in the nature of things? sins, falls, 

 sufferings; is he lost? sorrowful garden; age of gold de- 

 parted; crushed giant; a broken-hearted Adam; will the 

 wrathful sword flame on? is all gone? vain efforts of thou- 

 sands of years; is this a correct rendering of the ways of 

 Providence to men? where does disease come from ? catalogues 

 of infirmities ; death's bill-of-fare ; best medical treatise ; best 

 doctor; is man a likeness of the world? living soul; what is 

 the world? dogmas of death ; dragon fights; mournful posi- 

 tion; lives in tombs; sticks to the past; will he ever look into 

 the future ? a small number of world-wide men ; only reform- 

 ers, only true lovers of humanity; had no past; marched 

 straight forward to future; inspired; shall they speak to the 

 deal and dead always ? their words are seed ; from the pro- 

 phets of regeneration turn to the now extant individual; is 

 the man of the present hour plus, minus, or zero ? is he ful- 

 filling the divine economy, or playing the fool ? at 2.17J where 

 will he land? with greasy and hypertrophied liver, with can- 

 cerous stomach, effete blood, gouty feet, and tuberculated 

 lungs, hadn't he better stop under the first shade-tree and per- 



