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The wise physician, before any prescription for his patient, endeavors, by careful diagnosis, to ascertain the nature of the disease or injury, and when this is done, he proceeds with confidence.
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Sumner uses the analogy of a physician's careful diagnosis to illustrate the importance of understanding problems before taking action.
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