Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death. (Jonathan Swift)

Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.

Jonathan Swift

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