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This exordium might be adapted so as to suit candidates for the office of public physician. They might begin their speeches in this strain:
Men of Athens , I have never yet studied medicine, nor sought to find a teacher among our physicians; for I have constantly avoided learning anything from the physicians, and even the appearance of having studied their art. Nevertheless I ask you to appoint me to the office of a physician, and I will endeavour to learn by experimenting on you.
The exordium set all the company laughing.
This exordium might be adapted so as to suit candidates for the office of public physician. They might begin their speeches in this strain:
Men of Athens , I have never yet studied medicine, nor sought to find a teacher among our physicians; for I have constantly avoided learning anything from the physicians, and even the appearance of having studied their art. Nevertheless I ask you to appoint me to the office of a physician, and I will endeavour to learn by experimenting on you.
The exordium set all the company laughing.
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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