Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1885 — Two Famous Moralists Meet. [ARTICLE]

Two Famous Moralists Meet.

Dr. Johnson no sooner met Dr. Adam Smith for the first time than he brought forward a charge against him for something in his famous letter on the death of Hume. Smith said he had vindicated the truth of the statement. “And what did the Doctor say ?” was the universal query. “Why, ho said—he said—” said Smith, with the deepest impression of resentment, “he said— ‘ You lie!' ” “And what did you reply ?” “I said ‘You are a !’ ” On such terms did these two great moralists meet and part, and such was the classic dialogue betwixt them.— Croker’s “Diary of Recollections.” * * * Bad treatment of stricture often complicates the disease and makes It difficult of cure. The worst and most inveterate cases speedily yield to our new and improved methods. Pamphlet, references, and terms sent for two three-cent stamps. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. It is a singular contradiction that when the mosquito visits you he stays to hum.