EDITORS* PREFACE 



which will progress to its greatest victorie-s as 

 it is quickened with the nobility of spirit that 

 touched the heart and mind of Hippocri ites. 

 His words find an eloquent echo in the line'JS of 

 Goethe: 



Ach Gott! die Kunst ist lang 

 Und kurz ist unser Leben, 



which are an immortal commentary on the 

 inner essence of the Greek's aspiration. 



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