According to the estimate of a prominent advertising firm, above 90 per cent, of the earning capacity of the prominent nostrums is represented by their advertising. And all this advertising is based on the well-proven theory of the public's pitiable ignorance and gullibility in the vitally important matter of health.
Interpretation
This quote critiques the heavy reliance on advertising in healthcare, reflecting on public naivety regarding health products.
Samuel Hopkins Adams emphasizes the significant role that advertising plays in the profitability of health-related products, suggesting that consumers are often misled by their lack of knowledge and naivety. He points out that a large portion of these products' earning potential relies not on their actual effectiveness but rather on the persuasive and often misleading nature of their marketing strategies.
In practice
In a discussion on ethics in advertising during a marketing conference.
With a few honorable exceptions the press of the United States is at the beck and call of the patent medicines. Not only do the newspapers modify news possibly affecting these interests, but they sometimes become their agents.
Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends-the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions.
All words, in every language, are metaphors.
He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
To look into the eyes of a wolf is to see your own soul - hope you like what you see.
The Consul felt a pang. Ah, to have a horse, and gallop away, singing, to someone you loved perhaps, into the heart of all the simplicity and peace in the world; was that not like the opportunity afforded man by life itself? Of course not. Still, just for a moment, it had seemed that it was.
She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.
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