s thus downright deviltry to-day, nor was
it so in pagan times. Much imposture was mixed with it. The oracles of
the pagan gods and goddesses were not all the work of the pythonic
spirits. Much was craft of the priests of idols; and yet all were
abominations before the Lord, on account of the share that Satan took
in the deceptions.

What must be the attitude of the scientific man towards all such
matters? It should be an attitude of hostility and opposition. Science
should frown down all imposture and superstition. Medicine in
particular, intended to be one of the choicest blessings of God to man,
should not degrade its noble profession by pandering to a vulgar greed
for morbid excitement. Not only will you personally keep aloof from all
that is allied to quackery and imposture, but in after-life your
powerful influence for good will be most efficient in guarding others
against such evils, and even perhaps in withdrawing from such
associations those who have already got entangled in dangerous snares.
At all events the enlightened views you shall have formed to yourselves
on all such impostures and impieties will be a power for good in the
social circle in which your mental superiority and your moral integrity
will make you safe guides for your fellow-men.

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