[Risen from the Ranks by Horatio Alger, Jr.]@TWC D-Link bookRisen from the Ranks CHAPTER XXXII 4/9
I am Dr. Theophilus Peabody." "Will you be seated, Dr.Peabody ?" "You have probably heard of me before," said the visitor. "I can't say that I have." "I am surprised at that," said the doctor, rather disgusted to find himself unknown.
"You must have heard of Peabody's Unfailing Panacea." "I am afraid I have not." "You are young," said Dr.Peabody, compassionately; "that accounts for it.
Peabody's Panacea, let me tell you, sir, is the great remedy of the age.
It has effected more cures, relieved more pain, soothed more aching bosoms, and done more good, than any other medicine in existence." "It must be a satisfaction to you to have conferred such a blessing on mankind," said Harry, inclined to laugh at the doctor's magniloquent style. "It is.
I consider myself one of the benefactors of mankind; but, sir, the medicine has not yet been fully introduced.
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