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THE VETERINARIAN, FEBRUARY 1, 1856. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. 
Cicero. 
ON THE PRESENTATION OF TESTIMONIALS. 
We are told to give (e honour to whom honour is due.” 
And who can object to this? Surely none but the jealous 
and the malignant. 
From time to time it is gratifying to be called upon to 
record instances of respect publicly shown to the members of 
our profession. Not long since this occurred to the ex-president 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Mr. W. Robin- 
son, to which testimonial the members of the profession were 
allowed to contribute, and they did so with much pleasure, 
remembering that he had been the means of reconciling con- 
flicting interests in the Royal College ofVeterinary Surgeons, 
and thus to preserve its harmony, not to say the integrity of 
that institution. Subsequently to this well merited compliment 
being paid him, another manifestation of the feeling of his 
friends has been evinced by subscriptions entered into by 
them for an engraving of his portrait as ex-mayor of Tam- 
worth, and Veterinary Surgeon to the Queen’s Royal Yeo- 
manry Cavalry; to which a long list of names is attached. We 
have seen the engraving but do not think the artist has been 
happy in catching the true expression of the countenance of 
our friend. There is a resemblance, but it is not a likeness; at 
least, not such a one as we could have wished to have had, since 
the countenance bespeaks the character of the man, and is 
the index of his mind and manners. Going a little further 
back, w r e remember a dinner having been given to Mr. E. 
Stanley, by his employers, on his leaving Banbury for Bir- 
mingham ; and w 7 ere it necessary, similar proofs of esteem 
could, w r e doubt not, be brought forward. These are honours 
conferred on the recipients of which they may be justly 
proud. 
