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upon it, “our spirits from each other take their hues, just as 
the seas from the overhanging clouds.” 
And where, or to whom are we to look for a beginning to 
be made so as to bring about a change? Who will take the 
initiative ? We have before stated that to the metropolis the 
members of the profession, as a body, will naturally look for 
the commencement of a better state of things ; because here 
are all the requisite aids, namely, spacious rooms admirably 
suited for the meetings to take place in, and having a library 
and museum attached; nor is talent lacking. We had almost 
said that our professional brethren in the metropolis should be 
jealous, lest those in the provinces should carry off the honours 
of so praiseworthy an undertaking. May we venture to express 
a hope that from the Veterinary Club , lately revived, the first 
scientific association may arise? We know its members, 
and doubt not that at their quarterly dinner-meetings much 
friendly and profe sional conversation takes place ; but the 
benefits hence resulting are confined to the few 9 for the circle 
is too small, and its entrance too narrow for the many to 
enter in. Should this be the case, gladly w r ould we photo- 
graph its sayings and doings, and chronicle them for the 
good of the whole. 
To these meetings, albeit in themselves pleasant things 
enough, we might have had no objections, did we not 
think that men were made for nobler purposes than mere 
conviviality, and that exclusiveness was a thing of the past, 
a relic of a by-gone age. But we are most anxious not to 
give offence to those we esteem ; rather would we provoke 
them to good works, and as an incentive thereto, will remind 
them of Caesar’s motto, “ There is nothing done while any- 
thing remains to be done.” 
TESTIMONIAL TO E. N. GABRIEL, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE 
ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
We would remind the members of the profession that 
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