ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COLLEGE, &C. 553 
and to protect that part of agricultural property which comes 
under our treatment; thereby raising ourselves in public estima¬ 
tion: we shall, by such means, thwart those gentlemen who 
have refused our admission to a seat at the examiners’ board, 
for which, I think, there are some among us who are fully com¬ 
petent, and who would not betray the confidence which is re¬ 
posed in that committee; nay, they have even refused us that 
privilege which is accessible to the very lowest of the low. 
Now, my professional brethren, let me entreat you not to 
exult in superiority of rank or education; but rather exert your¬ 
selves to stimulate the inactive; look upon one another as pro¬ 
fessional brothers, and let no jealousy ever disturb that union 
which I hope, ere long, to see firmly established; for it is union 
among ourselves which will teach those gentlemen who govern 
our national institution, that 
" Power usurped, 
Is weakness when opposed ; conscious of wrong, 
'Tis pusillanimous and prone to flight.” 
1 will conclude this humble address by saying, that I shall be 
happy to make every exertion on my part, if such exertion will 
tend, in the least degree, to procure 
“ All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength, 
The scorn of danger, and united hearts.” 
I am, Gentlemen, yours respectfully, 
- Samuel Brown. 
Melton-Mowbray, Sept. J6th, 1830. 
ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COLLEGE OF 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian 
Gentlemen, 
I have just read, with a high degree of gratification, the 
leading' article, by “ An old Veterinary Surgeon,” in your Num¬ 
ber for September; allow me to congratulate you, and the pro¬ 
fession at large, upon the rapid strides we are making from the 
influence of that cloud of ignorance, and degradation, and con¬ 
tumely, by which we have been too long overshadowed, and 
which is now fast dispelling’ under the united power of intellect, 
and unanimity, and firmness. 
The substance of “ An old Veterinary Surgeon's" communica- 
