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ill-treatment of the brutes reacts on the moral nature 
of the man that is guilty of it; in injuring them he 
injures himself far more. 
But the time fails me. This is necessarily a very 
inadequate account of our work up to the present—a 
mere sketch—but I hope it may suffice to encourage 
old members and to arouse the interest and enthusiasm 
of those now entering to fill the places of the men who 
have left us, and whose efforts in this cause we must 
gratefully remember. There is one thing which cannot 
in any way be represented to others, and that is the 
delight we have experienced in meeting together to 
discuss the inner and, unfortunately for us, so much 
hidden life of those beings that we have learned to 
regard with more and more respect, and to consider 
fellow-creatures. It will take some time to educate the 
public mind up to the point of realising how much 
these animals are really deserving of serious, respectful 
consideration. To the enlightened veterinary surgeon 
must we especially look for an improvement of the 
condition of our domestic animals, and in no way can 
this be accomplished more effectually than by learning 
their true nature and making that known. We wish 
to reach only the truth. No cause is in the end 
advanced by over-statement of the facts. 
Sensible rather of how much is still to be done, than 
satisfied with our past progress, we renew our enquiries 
in the firm belief that an honest, humble search after 
truth will never be in vain. 
