THE 
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VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XLIII. 
No. 515. 
NOVEMBER, 1870. 
Fourth Series. 
No. 191. 
Communications and Cases. 
OPENING OF THE SESSION 1870-71 AT THE 
ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE.— INTRODUC- 
TORY ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR TUSON. 
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, — It has. been truly said 
that “ some men are horn to greatness, that others acquire 
greatness, and that others have greatness thrust upon them/’ 
If for “ greatness 55 the word “ prominence ” be substituted 
in the foregoingquotation, then I maybe said, in some measure, 
to belong to the last-named class of persons ; for the position I 
have the honour to hold at this moment has been thrust upon 
me, inasmuch as it ought, as a matter of routine, to have 
been occupied by one of my senior colleagues, who, from 
his intimate knowledge of the diseases affecting our flocks 
and herds, could have far more successfully than I can 
pretend to do delivered an address which would have proved 
acceptable to our old friends the practitioners, as well as to 
those young gentlemen who are commencing their collegiate 
studies. Having no such resources at my command as those 
possessed by my more fortunate colleague, I must ask the 
passed students and the visitors, both of whom we thank 
most heartily for their presence here to-day, to kindly bear 
in mind that the special object of an inaugural address is 
to briefly unfold to the new pupils the course they will be 
required to pursue during their sojourn at College, to 
point out to them the nature of their duties, as well as to 
indicate to them how such duties may be best and most 
agreeably performed. 
To you, then, gentlemen, whom I may congratulate upon 
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