, and all that
medical and surgical science can do has been concentrated, with
extraordinary success, on the shattered men who are brought to her
wards. That most of the horrible fractures I saw are healed, and
healed quickly--thanks largely to the drainage system of our own Doctor
Carrel--is not the least of the wonders of the remarkable times in which
we live.

The next day, Sunday, I left for Paris, bidding farewell regretfully
to the last of my British-officer hosts. He seemed like an old, old
friend--though I had known him but a few days. I can see him now as he
waved me a good-bye from the platform in his Glengarry cap and short
tunic and plaid trousers. He is the owner of a castle and some seventy
square miles of land in Scotland alone. For the comfort of his nation's
guests, he toils like a hired courier.

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American religion as set forth by William James
Be useful!
Privilege of making blunders
Rising every time you fall (Confucius on greatness)
Sentimentalism, ignorance, close-mindedness, and cant
The English do not advertise their sorrows

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