Silas Weir Mitchell Is Quoted In Harvey Cushing's ...

Silas Weir Mitchell is quoted in Harvey Cushing’s Life of Sir William Osler as having remarked that, “The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of his victim’s cheque-books.” By this standard, as by many another, the character of David, son of Jesse, poet, warrior, king stands forth as being truly worthy of the accolade “the Lord’s anointed.”