"The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.“


-William Osler

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The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

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