EDITOR’S REMARKS. 
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half way, the same number of questions shall be asked of both ; 
the reporters themselves, or the Council, or any judge or set of 
judges they may appoint, may examine my pupils. I will under- 
take to examine the reporters: the questions and answers shall be 
taken down in writing, and the party answering the greatest num- 
ber of questions shall be declared the gainer, and the loser shall 
pay the expenses; but, if equal, it shall be a drawn battle, and, 
of course, each will, in that case, pay their own. The issue will 
end the discussion. 
I am, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
William Dick. 
THE VETERINARIAN, OCTOBER 1, 1845. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
With regard to the Reports of the Council and their Deputa- 
tion, we cannot but feel regret that they should have proved the 
occasion of so much angry discussion as has appeared in the 
letters we have published on the subject : since so they have 
proved, however, we feel ourselves compelled to put an end to a 
correspondence which from the first was any thing but a pleasing 
or profitable one, and at length has turned out, to those concerned, 
we should imagine, any thing but satisfactory. Our Journal ever 
has been, and ever shall be, open to men of all parties and opinions, 
as a medium through which they may fearlessly and honestly 
express their sentiments : on no occasion, however, has it been, 
nor on any can it be, made the arena of their quarrels. We profess 
to have too much regard for the welfare of our professional body 
to lend our pages to the publication of that which may tend to 
foment disagreement among its members. Whatever may remain 
to be settled touching the Reports in question will have to be 
adjusted by the Council : for our own part, we decline further to 
interfere. 
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