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have quite a different game to fight. If he be a sporting 
character himself, as “ birds of a feather,” others of the same 
denomination will soon find him out. But, with this “ finding 
out,” the Veterinarian must be careful not to go too far himself, 
or allow of others going too far with him : hints which will 
be sufficiently understood by those for whom they are in- 
tended, and which, if acted duly on, will serve to sustain 
them in that right way which will not lead them into ex- 
cesses on the one hand, while their professional repute will 
suffer no tarnish by it on the other. 
Now, that which is true with regard to individuals will 
hold true in regard to bodies of individuals : the body will be 
cared for and respected in some such ratio as the persons of 
which it is composed are themselves worthy of care and 
respect. One great beauty of the constitution of society in 
our country is, that there is scarcely any trade even out of 
which a man may not rise into celebrity, or, at all events, 
respectability, let him but be in every way deserving of it ; 
and where the individuals composing the body come to be 
truly meritorious, the body will be certain to take its stand- 
ing, as a body, in society at large, somewhere about where its 
deserts place it. There will be black sheep in the most 
respectable bodies, but such are nothing more than excep- 
tions : wherever they do not predominate, they will do but 
little harm to the corporation at large. 
From a consideration of the foregoing observations, it would 
appear that, to reform the Veterinary body as a profession, 
care must be taken of the introductions that are annually 
made into it. With whatever aliment the body is supplied, 
through the same aliment will its different parts thrive and 
grow, and bring forth fruit, good or bad, as the case may 
happen to be. There are many uneducated men in the 
world who, through natural good sense and discrimination, 
having risen to a certain height in society, maintain them- 
selves most creditably in their elevated positions ; but these 
being exceptions rather to the general rule, cannot be expected 
to uplift or give impetus to the body itself. If young men of 
character and education be introduced into the veterinary 
