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An Enemy of Society 35
infinity of things to work for and to strive for; and that
is the main point.
In this spirit Dr. Stockmann sets to his task.
After two years of careful investigation, he finds
that the Baths are built on a swamp, full of poi
sonous germs, and that people who come there for
their health will be infected with fever.
Thomas Stockmann is a conscientious physician.
He loves his native town, but he loves his
fellow-men more. He considers it his duty to
communicate his discovery to the highest authority
of the town, the Burgomaster, his brother Peter
Stockmann.
Dr. Stockmann is indeed an idealist; else he
would know that the man is often lost in the of
ficial. Besides, Peter Stockmann is also the
president of the board of directors and one of the
heaviest stockholders of the Baths. Sufficient rea
son to upbraid his reckless medical brother as a
dangerous man :
Burgomaster. Anyhow, you ve an ingrained propen
sity for going your own way. And that in a well-or
dered community is almost as dangerous. The individual
must submit himself to the whole community, or, to speak
more correctly, bow to the authority that watches over
the welfare of all.
But the Doctor is not disconcerted: Peter is
an official; he is not concerned with ideals. But
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