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[pan'-ah-SEE-ah] 
1. a remedy for all ills or diseases; a cure-all; a universal medicine: "To my father's dismay, not only did olestra fall far short of it's health panacea billing, but it also made it a bit difficult to leave the house."
adjective form: panacean
Origin:
Approximately 1548; from Latin, 'panacea': an all healing herb; from Greek, 'panakeia': all-healing, from 'panakes' ('pan': all + 'akes,' from 'akos': cure). In Action:
"Love, from its very nature, must be transitory. To seek for a secret that would render it constant, would be as wild a search as for the philosopher's stone, or the grand panacea; and the discovery would be equally useless, or rather pernicious, to mankind. The most holy band of society is friendship. It has been well said, by a shrewd satirist, 'that rare as true love is, true friendship is still rarer.'"
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," (1792). "Society is, of course, infinitely more complex than the human body. The influences that tell upon it are countless; they are closely interwoven, interdependent, and each is acted upon by many others. It is pathetically absurd, when such are the conditions, to believe that some one simple panacea for all evils can be found."
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). "History as Literature," (1913).
"Some have asked if the stock of men could not be improved,--if they could not be bred as cattle. Let Love be purified, and all the rest will follow. A pure love is thus, indeed, the panacea for all the ills of the world."
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist. Essay: "Chastity and Sensuality" in letter to Harrison Blake, (September 1852).
"Although good early childhood programs can benefit all children, they are not a quick fix for all of society’s ills--from crime in the streets to adolescent pregnancy, from school failure to unemployment. We must emphasize that good quality early childhood programs can help change the social and educational outcomes for many children, but they are not a panacea; they cannot ameliorate the effects of all harmful social and psychological environments."
Barbara Bowman. U.S. early childhood educator. "'Birthday Thoughts,' Young Children," (January 1986).
"I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simply more voters, but better voters."
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911). U.S. suffragist and rights advocate. Speech: "Woman’s Political Future." (1893). | |
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