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Rh 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.