editors' preface 



which will progress to its greatest victories as 

 it is quickened with the nobility of spirit that 

 touched the heart and mind of Hippocrates. 

 His words find an eloquent echo in the lines 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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