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had not punctually attended the doctor’s chemical lectures, or 
had not attended on them at all : his usual mode of examination, 
however, was such as to inspire confidence in the pupil, and was 
afterwards remembered with gratitude. Many candidates would 
have been rejected, had it not been for his kind interference, and 
he was never the first to condemn. 
Dr. Pearson, so far as he was able to comprehend them, and 
had not been mystified by the systematic delusions of others, 
was an ardent and staunch supporter of the interests of the vete¬ 
rinary profession. His language at the last dinner at which he 
appeared, and which may be considered as his last words to us, 
will not speedily be forgotten—they marked his feeling of what 
the College ought to be. “ He said that he was happy in his 
own name, and that of his brother examiners, to testify his satis¬ 
faction at the attainments of the pupils, and little more was want¬ 
ing in the veterinary school but more time for the labours of the 
students . He considered the veterinary establishment as a new 
sera in science ; and predicted that human anatomy and physiology 
would be more indebted to the Veterinary College than to any other 
source since the time of John Hunter.” He spoke of us not as 
what we are, or had been, but what w r e ought to be, and what 
we will be. 
When a report of the proceedings at that dinner was sent to 
the doctor, he favoured us with a reply which finds a place among 
some of our most valued documents. “ Your account,” says he, 
“of the dinner, and your statement of what the College ought to 
be, is w ritten with much candour and dispassionately ; but you 
must not suppose that it will suit every man’s palate. That the 
mode of education may be most materially improved, I think 
cannot be doubted ; but the difficulty will be when poor Coleman 
falls, and which I hope w ill not be soon # , to find a man of practice 
and of science to carry into effect your plan, or a similar one ; 
to do that which the alteration of circumstances and the progress 
of time and of knowledge require, and with sufficient authority 
to resist those who would wish to do more. Sincerely wishing 
your success, I remain your’s, ever faithfully,—G. Pearson.” 
We can confidently affirm, that Dr. Pearson was friendly to 
our claim to occupy a place at the examiners’ board. He has told 
us so. He told Mr. Goodwin senior the same; and we recollect 
with pain, that when he was challenged on this point by 
Mr. Goodwun, at a meeting of the subscribers, a certain gentle¬ 
man hastily rose, and whispered something in the doctor’s ear, 
who speedily afterwards quitted the room. His heart was with 
* Mr. Coleman had at this time been long and seriously ill. 
