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feeling towards him ; I believe him to be a young* man of 
very high ability ; I believe him upon the whole to have 
written a very excellent book, and I believe him to naturally 
have that kind of power w 7 ithin him, which, if properly directed, 
will ultimately add something of value towards the improve- 
ment of the miserable state of our art ; but too much praise 
appears to have intoxicated him, at any rate he appears to 
have become conceited ; let him bew^are of this, and strive to 
avoid it for the future. I censure much the slight (indirect 
I grant) which he put upon the labours of that excellent 
veteran in our ranks, Mr. Morton. I allude to the preface of 
Mr. Dun’s book, wdrich commences as follows : — ■“ During the 
four years in which I have lectured ’on materia medipa, at 
the Edinburgh Veterinary College, I have endeavoured in 
vain to find a suitable text-book for my class.’’ Now for 
writing the above he richly deserves a vote of censure from 
every right thinking member of our profession. It is foolish 
to suppose that he never saw or heard of “ Morton’s Manual 
of Veterinary Pharmacy,” and I have not the slightest 
hesitation in saying, that that is a very suitable text-book for 
the veterinary student ; the fact of its recent appearance as a 
fourth edition is a sufficient answer as to its suitableness. I 
feel a most sincere respect towards every man who performs 
real work ; it is a true sign that such a man understands his 
mission in the world, and strives to accomplish it. I am not 
acquainted with Mr. Morton, I never saw the gentleman but 
once, and that was many years ago; but I know him to have 
w r ritten a very suitable text-book for veterinary students, 
upon Veterinary Materia Medica. I do not mean to say that 
it is the very best book that could possibly be written upon 
the subject; but Mr. Dun does not speak of quality, he 
speaks merely of suitableness. I trust, then, that from this 
time, Mr. Dun wall work more in the true spirit of a genuine 
worker; and when it is done, that he will value it rightly; it 
will teach him the value of work performed by other men ; 
but let him not over value it, lest it begets within his heart a 
false estimate, and engendereth it wdth conceit. He may 
affect to slight the labour of others, but if others had not 
lived and toiled in the same path before him, it is precious 
little which he or any one individual could do tow r ards 
building up such a structure as the veterinary art is at 
present, poor as I may consider it. Let him then award 
honour to whom honour is due ; not sparingly nor grudgingly; 
but with a full liberal soul ; and in the end he will receive in 
return, that which is justly due to himself ; “ so mote it be.” 
