THE FOUNDATION OF REALITY

these terms were used with respect to any medicine or tooth powder, it meant that it contained hidden properties. Nowadays, however, these terms have no value. Today’s doctor will not use this outmoded terminology when explaining the efficacy of a certain medicine. Rather he will point out that this product has been prepared scientifically and that its advantages have been ascertained by means of established evidence and experiments, the validity of which can always be tested by repetition. The very phrase “family cure” implies that its medicinal properties are not open to general investigation and that the connection between illness and cure has not been ascertained by any specific experiment. Rather its acceptability is attributable to its wide usage over a long period of time. Today’s customer seeks a product which has been manufactured on scientific lines. Likewise, it is only those ideas whose truth is verified by natural realities that he is ready to accept. o If you fail to act, you cannot compensate for it by speaking more.