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 to gather, compare, systematize and analyze facts, or to deduce any system of knowledge from them. His is the same diagnosis and the same remedy for all ailments, no matter what their source or present development; and, therefore, his pseudo-science is based on the deification of ignorance. His attitude reminds one somewhat of our dear old friend, Gil Blas, who practiced the system of medicine taught by his famous master, Dr. Sangrado. Each patient was copiously bled and deluged with draughts of hot water, no matter what the nature of his disease. If he recovered, in spite of this heroic treatment, master and disciple extolled the wonderful efficacy of their system. But if he died, the friends and relatives were suavely told that the fatality was due to the fact that the sufferer had not been bled enough, and that the quantity of hot water swallowed should have been considerably increased. This method would seem to have been no more scientific than that of Christain Science.

The whole progress of the world has been accomplished by patient and unceasing endeavor, by study, and comparison, and sifting, and selecting. When the world has departed fram these