Project Gutenberg 2005-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 245 Adams, Samuel Hopkins 1871 1958 Fabian, Warner Stevens, William Dodge 1870 1942 Stevens, W. D. (William Dodge) The Clarion Produced by Robert Shimmin, Robert Ledger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Clarion" by Samuel Hopkins Adams is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story dives into the world of quackery and dubious medical practices through characters like Professor Andrew Leon Certain, a traveling salesman pushing his miracle cure, and Dr. Harrington Surtaine, an heir to a successful patent medicine business. The narrative likely explores themes of morality, ethics in medicine, and the consequences of deception in pursuit of profit. The opening of the novel introduces a public gathering where Professor Certain is captivating a crowd with his impassioned speech about a miraculous remedy he claims can cure all ailments. As he tries to sell his "Vitalizing Mixture," a mix of charisma and dubious claims, the scene intensifies with the arrival of a concerned stranger who challenges the professor's credibility. Tension rises dramatically when a distraught man accuses the professor of causing the death of his wife due to the same remedy. In a chaotic moment, an attempt on the professor's life unfolds, revealing a critical early conflict that hints at deeper themes of exploitation and human suffering, and sets the stage for the complex interactions between various characters as the plot unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Newspapers -- Fiction Slums -- Fiction Reporters and reporting -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 771132 2025-08-07T07:06:39.245844 text/html 821361 2020-12-12T07:46:16 text/html 909998 2025-08-07T07:06:50.438321 application/epub+zip 921197 2025-08-07T07:06:41.615850 application/epub+zip 372717 2025-08-07T07:06:40.148843 application/epub+zip 1398230 2025-08-07T07:06:57.567283 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1363614 2025-08-07T07:06:49.484291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 593609 2022-09-08T05:27:33.717213 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 720424 2025-08-07T07:06:36.467919 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 720097 2020-12-12T07:46:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 720100 2020-12-12T07:46:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21371 2025-08-07T07:06:57.825270 application/rdf+xml 11603 2025-08-07T07:06:40.685849 image/jpeg 3219 2025-08-07T07:06:40.422845 image/jpeg 285804 2020-12-12T07:46:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 781881 2020-12-12T07:46:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 285697 2020-12-12T07:46:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 846226 2025-08-07T07:06:39.314900 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia