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the acquirement of scientific principles, from his knowing that 
he will be brought frequently and oft into contact with gen- 
tlemen who are not ignorant of them ; and who, it may be, 
know as much scientifically, if not practically, as he himself 
does. We believe it to be conceded, that one who has be- 
come conversant with the principles of his profession would 
rather be consulted by a person who is also educated therein 
than by a rude and ignorant employer. With the one, he can 
reason, and his opinions will be duly weighed and appre- 
ciated; while with the other all reasoning will be of little worth, 
if so be the result has not been so favorable as was antici- 
pated by him. Again, in a doubtful case, the scientific man 
will often have carefully to watch the phases of disease, and 
deliberately to consider ere he proceeds to act, depending 
upon the symptoms presented. This the educated employer 
at once sees, and is contented to wait patiently, let the con- 
sequences be what they may. On the other hand, he who 
knows nothing about the subject will be constantly inter- 
fering ; and not unfrequently will propose the adoption of 
some sage plan suggested to him by the village blacksmith. 
“ Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the War Department 
has lately stated in public, that “ the army is no longer the 
loose profession it once was. Men now attend to their edu- 
cation in it.” And an extension of this appears to be deter- 
mined oq by making the officers familiar with the principles 
of veterinary medicine. It behoves, therefore, all those who 
are desirous of entering the army as veterinary surgeons, to 
be on the alert, and to lose no opportunity to render them- 
selves au fait in all things that appertain to their vocation. 
And a spirit of this kind being engendered among them, it 
will react upon the mass, and thus good to the profession as 
a whole unquestionably result, as we have before stated. 
To this institution, therefore, in common with similar edu- 
cational colleges — for instance, the Royal Agricultural, and 
others — in which veterinary medicine is being taught, we 
wish all prosperity. ’Tis theirs to break up the fallow ground, 
