CHAPTER XV.
OF ABERNETHY'S BOOK ON "THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGIN OF
LOCAL DISEASES," OTHERWISE "MY BOOK."
"From the barr'd Vizor of Antiquity
Reflected shines the Eternal light of Truth,
As from a mirror; all the means of action,
The shapeless masses, the materials,
Are everywhere around us. What we need
Is the celestial fire, to change the flint
Into transparent crystal, bright as fair."