Isitpossiblethatamanwhoisguiltyofsuchpedanticfollyasthis，——amanwhocanseeaconfirmationofhisdoctrineinsucharecoveryasthis，——arecoverywhichishappeningeveryday，fromabreathofair，adroportwoofwater，untyingabonnet-string，looseningastay-lace，andwhichcanhardlyhelphappening，whateverisdone，——isitpossiblethataman，ofwhosepages，nothereandthereone，buthundredsuponhundredsareloadedwithsuchtrivialities，istheNewton，theColumbus，theHarveyofthenineteenthcentury！
Thewholeprocessofdemonstrationheemploysisthis。Anexperimentisinstitutedwithsomedrugupononeormorehealthypersons。
Everythingthathappensforanumberofdaysorweeksis，aswehaveseen，setdownasaneffectofthemedicine。Oldvolumesarethenransackedpromiscuously，andeverymorbidsensationorchangethatanybodyeversaidwasproducedbythedruginquestionisaddedtothelistofsymptoms。Byoneorbothofthesemethods，eachofthesixty-foursubstancesenumeratedbyHahnemannisshowntoproduceaverylargenumberofsymptoms，thelowestinhisscalebeingninety-
seven，andthehighestfourteenhundredandninety-one。Andhavingmadeoutthislistrespectinganydrug，acataloguewhich，asyoumayobserveinanyHomoeopathicmanual，containsvarioussymptomsbelongingtoeveryorganofthebody，whatcanbeeasierthantofindallegedcuresineverymedicalauthorwhichcanatoncebeattributedtotheHomoeopathicprinciple；stillmoreifthegraveofextinguishedcredulityiscalledupontogiveupitsdeadbonesaslivingwitnesses；andworstofall，ifthemonumentsofthepastaretobemutilatedinfavorof“thesolelawofNatureintherapeutics“？
ThereareafewfamiliarfactsofwhichgreatusehasbeenmadeasanenteringwedgefortheHomoeopathicdoctrine。Theyhavebeensufferedtopasscurrentsolongthatitistimetheyshouldbenailedtothecounter，alittleoperationwhichIundertake，withperfectcheerfulness，toperformforthem。