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not be filled. Really the argument is unworthy of the distin¬ 
guished person by whom it is said to have been used. It is too 
ridiculous for serious refutation. 
Veterinary surgeons are not agreed among themselves. 
There is considerable and disgraceful schism among them.’" 
This is not true. Never was any profession so united in the de¬ 
termination to effect an important purpose by honourable means. 
If there may be a few, and a veiy few^, who are influenced by a 
zeal somewhat too fiery; or there may even be those whose object 
is destruction and not reform, surely there is no necessity that the 
interests of the profession should be placed at their mercy, or that 
they should be permitted to introduce discord into those councils 
in which unanimity has hitherto prevailed. 
The veterinary surgeon is the person best qualified to decide 
on the competency of the veterinary pupil; and while human 
nature is true to itself, the well-informed and liberal veterinarian 
will be the warmest and the steadiest friend of the veterinary 
institution. 
He is now excluded, because he is supposed to be incapable or 
treacherous, or not in that rank of society which would entitle 
him to associate with the human practitioner; or because he would 
attempt to reform certain things, which interest and prejudice 
have upheld, but which are inimical to the prosperity and respect¬ 
ability of his art. 
He protests against this exclusion; and he will continue so to 
protest. He calls upon those who have placed themselves in the 
front of the battle, and have taken, or been made to appear to 
fake upon themselves the whole odium of the transaction; he 
calls upon them to reconsider their opinion. His language will 
not be designedly offensive, but it will be necessarily expressive of 
his feelings. 
If offence be taken by those whom he sincerely esteems, and 
to whom every veterinarian should be grateful, he will regret it; 
but an imperative duty to himself and his profession urge him to 
persist. A discerning public will decide between him and his 
opponents; and whatever inconvenience might for a short time 
attend certain threatened proceedings, the interests of the public 
