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educated at their respective schools, and leaving it to them 
to determine whether or no they would afterwards present 
themselves before the Board of Examiners of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, which as yet possesses no 
privileges or immunities? This question demands serious 
thought; but we sincerely hope that the good judgment ot 
the Council will preclude all necessity for extreme measures 
being resorted to, and thus secure oneness in the body. 
Fain would we breathe 
“The prayer that in no generous heart can cease, 
And hymn to heaven its own strain, — love and peace, 
Far better this than glory’s dubious wreath, 
Or foul breath of triumphant enmities.” 
We beg to direct the attention of our readers to a series of 
questions on breeding, in our present number, by Mr.Varnell. 
We consider them full of importance, and as “in the multi- 
tude of counsellors there is wisdom, ” so we hope to obtain 
from many of our contributors such answers as shall enable 
us to give proof both of the interest and practical usefulness 
of this inquiry. 
It is not our intention to publish the separate answers we 
may receive, but to arrange and analyse them, and then to 
communicate to our readers the general result ; which we 
anticipate will be of such a character as fully to bear out our 
estimation of the inquiries, and, at the same time, render the 
record one of great value to the profession, and an authority 
for the breeder of animals. 
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