Building Blocks That Make a Doctor, I92O-I938

摘要

I look TO THE PAST with THE hope of understanding what the essential sap is that flows from, one generation to another, enabling us to survive and even flourish in this most difficult world. Our ancestors have passed on to us courage, strength, indomitable spirit, faith, and the expectation of a better future for our children. But what is it that makes it possible for these traits to move from mother and father to child? Pondering this problem as I consider the incidents I am about to relate, I realize that the essential ingredient is love: parents' love of themselves and of each other, their love for their children, their love for humankind.