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The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next,…
Quote byWilliam Osler · 1849–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Chauvinism in Medicine (1902).
English (original)
the philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of to-morrow; through long ages which were slowly learning what we are hurrying to forget — amid all the changes and chances of twenty-five centuries, the profession has never lacked men who have lived up to these Greek ideals.
— William Osler
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