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monk, and servant of God, and I will 

 shew you what your eyes have never 

 seen ; I will point out to you the way of 

 health, along which you have never led 

 your patients. If any one should under- 

 stand this Art better than myself, let 

 him not be silent, nor attach a padlock 

 to his lips. I shall not be ashamed to 

 learn of him. I have often said that our 

 life is too short for one man to investi- 

 gate all the mysteries of knowledge. On 

 the other hand, let those be silent who 

 know less than I, who also do not even 

 understand my books ; let them refrain 

 from hasty reprehension, and from teach- 

 ing their schoolmaster the alphabet. 



My terminology has a different 

 sound and a different meaning from that 

 of my opponents, who are too lazy and 

 indolent to plant and graft trees, and, 

 therefore, never get beyond their wilding 

 plants or withered branches carelessly 

 stuck in the ground. 



Be not over hasty in judging and 

 condemning that of which you know 

 absolutely nothing. You may be one of 



