Ralph Waldo Emerson: The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is n — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

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