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Sir William Osler was known throughout his life as a great humanitarian. His writings touched all of us, and to persons of every race, creed, and color, he showed universal feelings of justice and mercy. Osler's writing supports great tolerance for all, yet Osler's contemporaries were far less broad-minded and not free of bigotry. Osler's role model, Sir Thomas Browne, wrote openly about his marked prejudices against Catholics, Jews, Moslems, and even women. This paradox between Osler's tolerance and humanitarianism and the prejudice and bigotry of his time, as well as his role model Browne, are explored.
威廉·奥斯勒爵士一生都以伟大的人道主义者而闻名。他的著作感动了我们所有人，对于每一个种族、信仰和肤色的人，他都展现出普遍的正义和仁慈之情。奥斯勒的作品倡导对所有人的极大宽容，然而他同时代的人却远没有那么开明，且并非没有偏见。奥斯勒的榜样托马斯·布朗爵士曾公开写下他对天主教徒、犹太人、穆斯林，甚至女性的明显偏见。本文探讨了奥斯勒的宽容与人道主义与他所处时代的偏见和偏执之间的矛盾，以及他的榜样布朗的情况。
