Says Jesus: "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven."
Says Agassiz: "Every scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next, they say it had been discovered before. Lastly, they say they always believed it."
Not long since, while conversing on the many chronic ailments which flesh is seemingly heir to, and the many modern means used for their alleviation, a gentleman remarked to me: "Why, I know several men—intelligent men, too—who actually have tried a dozen of these ridiculous Scientists, and such nonsense, before finally settling down to one respectable physician, and getting well." The remark seemed a sort of challenge; so I quietly responded: "But what of those who try the dozen respectable physicians first, without relief, before finally settling down to the one ridiculous Scientist, and getting well?"
