Lanterna Rally

Author: Basil Gavin

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-12

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9781330048573

Excerpt from Michael Freebern Gavin: A Biography To no man in any walk of life is there given a larger opportunity for personal helpfulness than to the physician: his touch with the vital concerns of his fellows is the more immediate, and the more directive, because the condition of the relationship is distinctly personal; barriers fall away before the pressure of a need, entitled because of its individuality, as well as because of its companionship in common welfare, to the help it seeks. As the custodian of painstakingly acquired knowledge, at the disposal of whosoever may be bettered by its application, the physician holds an enviable place in the community, and finds in it ample opportunity for the outgiving of such qualities as are evidenced in kindliness, helpfulness, encouragement, and the gentle and discriminative presentation of the truth. The ability to make just and continued application of such gifts, to supplement the lack in other lives by remedies other than material merely, bespeaks the possession of a fund of wholesomeness, of a sane appreciation of the beauty and the goodness of life, and of a sympathy illuminated by the desire to pass on these acquisitions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.