Duke University School of Medicine - Aesculapian Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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. . . I have selected hospitals as another of the principal objects of this trust be cause I recognize that they have become indispensable institutions .... JAMES B. DUKE eleven

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It is to these rural districts that we look in large measure for the bone and sinew of our country . . . . . . and education when conducted along sane and practical, as opposed to dog- matic and theoretical lines, is, next to religion, the greatest civilizing influence . .

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. . It seems to me that the great continu- ing task of our Medical Center is the main- tenance of a balance, and a constant inter- action among the three chief elements of our work: One major element of the vital service that a professional school performs is criti- cismg it exists in a constant state of tension, questioning and being questioned by the vo- cation to which it belongs. . . .i H' 1. 1 f Y, W '- fi twelve . . . teaching, . . .