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THE VETERINARIAN, NOVEMBER 1 , 1836 . 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
The session that will soon commence at the Veterinary Col- 
lege at St. Pancras will, in the importance of its results, good 
or bad, be second to none which the institution has witnessed 
since its first establishment. The good that will be effected is 
evident, and beyond the reach of malice or mischance. An As- 
sociation — there is something grateful in the sound of that word 
— an association of practitioners and of pupils — of all who are en- 
gaged in the study and the working out of the veterinary art — 
will be formed. More than sixty practitioners have already de- 
clared their adherence to it, — the Professor has consented to be 
its patron : — its library will, at its opening, consist of more 
than 100 volumes, and those of the most useful and valuable 
description ; and the Governors of the Veterinary College have 
consented that the meetings of that Association shall be held 
within the walls of our alma-m^ter — that school, the remem- 
brance of which, with all its faults, we cherish still ; and they 
have likewise consented to afford that protection to its meetings, 
its records, its library, its labours, which will put it beyond the 
power of youthful impetuosity, or malignant purpose, again to 
endanger ; much less to separate from the place which they 
honour, and to whose prosperity they are essential. 
The laws by which this new Association will be governed have 
received the consideration which they deserve from a sub-com- 
mittee ; they will soon be submitted to the revisal of those who, 
at the appointment of that committee, had signified their adhe- 
rence, and paid their subscription ; and, immediately after that, 
the regular working of the machine will commence. If the 
restrictions imposed by one or two regulations may appear to be 
somewhat severe, it must be recollected that, while the paramount 
object of the committee was the establishment of an association 
the results of which could not fail of being beneficial to the cause 
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