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But However Mysterious Is Nature , However Ignorant The Doctor, However Imperfect The Present State Of Physical Science , The Patronage And The Success Of Quacks And Quackeries Are Infinitely More Wonderful Than Those Of Honest And Laborious Men Of Science And Their Careful Experiments.

Those Who Really Desire To Attain An Independence, Have Only Set Their Minds Upon It, And Adopt The Proper Means, As They Do In Regard To Any Other Object Which They Wish To Accomplish, And The Thing Is Easily Done.

I Don't Care What The Newspapers Say About Me As Long As They Spell My Name Right.

Men, Women, And Children Who Cannot Live On Gravity Alone Need Something To Satisfy Their Gayer, Lighter Moods And Hours, And He Who Ministers To This Want Is, In My Opinion, In A Business Established By The Creator Of Our Nature. If He Worthily Fulfills His Mission And Amuses Without Corrupting, He Need Never Feel That He Has Lived In Vain.

Let Your Motto Then Always Be 'excelsior', For By Living Up To It There Is No Such Word As Fail.