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The Mystery of Metropolisville

CHAPTER IV
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I don't care much, though, if you a'n't a lawyer.

Doctors make more than lawyers do, and you can't have any notions against being a doctor." "What, and drug people?
Doctors are quacks.

They know that drugs are good for nothing, and yet they go on dosing everybody to make money.

It people would bathe, and live in the open air, and get up early, and harden themselves to endure changes of climate, and not violate God's decalogue written in their own muscles and nerves and head and stomach, they wouldn't want to swallow an apothecary-shop every year." "Did you ever!" said Mrs.Plausaby, looking at her husband, who smiled knowingly (as much as to reply that he had often), and at Cousin Isa, who looked perplexed between her admiration at a certain chivalrous courage in Albert's devotion to his ideas, and her surprise at the ultraism of his opinions.
"Did you ever!" said the mother again.

"That's carrying notions further than your father did.


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