Page 22 - An essay on the diseasesof the jaws, and their treatment

— " Should you perceive truths to be important, malce tlicm motives of action ; let them serve as springs to your conduct. Many persons acknowledge truth witli apathy; they assent to it, but it produces no further effect on their minds. Truths, however, are of importance in proportion as they admit of inferences which ought to have an influence on our conduct ; and if we neglect to draw those inferences, or act in conformity to them, we fail in essential duties." Sir William Blizard, cited in Abernethi/'s Anatomical Lectures.