Life of Johnson.
PHYSICIAN being mentioned who had lost his practice, because his whimsically changing his religion had made people distrustful of him. I maintained that this was unreasonable, as religion is unconnected with medical skill. ‘Johnson. “ Sir, it is not unreasonable; for when people see a man absurd in what they understand, they may conclude the same of him in what they do not understand. If a physician were to take "to eating of horse-flesh, nobody would employ him; though one may eat horse-flesh, and be a very skilful physician. If a man were educated in an absurd religion, his continuing to profess it would not hurt him, though his changing to it would.”
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20361, 19 July 1934, Page 8
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115Life of Johnson. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20361, 19 July 1934, Page 8
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