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There are, however, some things which depend
not on the teacher, but on the learner. For example,
a physician will teach what treatment should be
adopted for different diseases, what the dangers are
against which he must be on his guard, and what
the symptoms by which they may be recognised. But
he will not be able to communicate to his pupil the
gift of feeling the pulse, or appreciating the variations
of colour, breathing and temperature: this will
depend on the talent of the individual. Therefore,
in most instances, we must rely on ourselves,
and must study cases with the utmost care, never
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forgetting that men discovered our art before ever
they proceeded to teach it.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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