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Chapter 11
Forwhoistherewhoanythingofsomesignificancehasapprehendedbutisconsciousthatthatexteriorsplendourmaybethesurfaceofadownwardtendinglutulentrealityoronthecontraryanyonesoisthereunilluminatedasnottoperceivethatasnonature’sbooncancontendagainstthebountyofincreasesoitbehoveseverymostjustcitizentobecometheexhortatorandadmonisherofhissemblablesandtotremblelestwhathadinthepastbeenbythenationexcellentlycommencedmightbeinthefuturenotwithsimilarexcellenceaccomplishedifaninverecundhabitshallhavegraduallytraducedthehonourablebyancestorstransmittedcustomstothatthitherofprofunditythatthatonewasaudaciousexcessivelywhowouldhavethehardihoodtoriseaffirmingthatnomoreodiousoffencecanforanyonebethantoobliviousneglecttoconsignthatevangelsimultaneouslycommandandpromisewhichonallmortalswithprophecyofabundanceorwithdiminution’smenacethatexaltedofreiteratedlyprocreatingfunctioneverirrevocablyenjoined?
Itisnotwhythereforeweshallwonderif,asthebesthistoriansrelate,amongtheCelts,whonothingthatwasnotinitsnatureadmirableadmired,theartofmedicineshallhavebeenhighlyhonoured.Nottospeakofhostels,leperyards,sweatingchambers,plaguegraves,theirgreatestdoctors,theO’Shiels,theO’Hickeys,theO’Lees,havesedulouslysetdownthediversmethodsbywhichthesickandtherelapsedfoundagainhealthwhetherthemaladyhadbeenthetremblingwitheringorlooseboyconnellflux.
