Foreword

 

You Don't Know,
if
You Don't Know

There is no way I know of,
of not knowing
what you don't know,
until you know it;
then you make contrast
between what you thot you knew,
but now know
that you didn't know then;
because you do know it now.

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    At the beginning, we anticipate this subject, as presented, will be taken at face value and understood by some, even many of our profession. Many, in our opinion, possess preconceived ideas which need reconstruction.

    We record our knowledge, gained through research, of the fundamentals upon which Chiropractic rests as promulgated by our father, D. D. Palmer, but never clearly explained by him. By careful reading of his writings, gleanings of these ideas are apparent.

    To be consistent with the objective of this website (book), these are written with WE and US in mind. Ordinarily, "we" and "us" imply and are understood to be TWO different and separate persons. Ordinarily, "I" implies ONE fellow who lives in a material body and runs it. Whenever and wherever "I" is used, we refer to the educated fellow who thinks, speaks and writes for himself alone as one of the two fellows he is. He does so within the limitations of his education. This book, so far as the author is concerned, writes from the duality of personalities -- the inseparable, indivisible, Siamese-twin personalities living in one structure -- the Innate and Educated individualities.

    WE serves several purposes:

1. It eliminates that disgusting and egotistical selfish pronoun "I" which constantly intrudes itself.

2. It permits the author to delineate his concept of the duality of personalities inhabiting one human home.

3. It broadly includes and spreads credit where credit is due, to any, every, and all people who have or are cooperating in building the structures, organizations, institutions, and associations which are an integral part of their lives. 

    It will be difficult for the reader, as he reads "we", to think "we", because he will constantly interpret it into ordinary channels of thot of TWO different and separate people. To read this website (book) and gain viewpoint of its author, reader must know "we" or HE will fail to gain the fundamental purpose of this website (book).

                                                                                                 B.J. Palmer



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