"But however mysterious is nature, however ignorant the doctor, however imperfect the present state of physical science, the patronage and the success of quacks and quackeries are infinitely more wonderful than those of honest and laborious men of science and their careful experiments."
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P. T. Barnum, The Humbugs of the World (1865), Chapter XXVIII
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