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If we ask why nature has such definite plans, the answer lies with infinity - out of our reach.

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When atoms lead the dance in matter, helium is the musician giving time and measure.

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The churchman who believes that an astronomer or a physicist is less moral than he is a careless observer. The churchman who believes that an astronomer or a physicist has less spiritual inspiration than he is unintentionally impertinent.

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Metaphysics is a bower of safety in the garden of a fool's paradise. If men can run to such a bower whenever they encounter difficulties, there is lack of incentive to face genuine scientific labor bravely. A bower which gives protection is often chosen, instead of a steed which carries one to the winning front of battle.

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The microbe is the keystone of the arch of all organic life.

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One must not count upon all of his patients being willing to steal in order to pay doctor's bills.

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It is the patient rather than the case which requires treatment.

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Man is the only animal persistently engaged in bringing about his own destruction. He does this with what he calls his intelligence...

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A man is only what his microbes make him.

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Robert Tuttle Morris

Robert Tuttle Morris

Born: May 14, 1857

Died: January 10, 1945 (aged 87)

Bio: Robert Tuttle Morris, also known as Bob Morris was an American surgeon and writer. He married Aimee Reynand Mazergue on June 4, 1898.

Known for:

Microbes and Men (1915)
Dawn Of The Fourth Era In Surgery

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