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tion” of which should be “ counteractedwe ask again, how 
is the object of the institution to be accomplished, or what is to 
become of the poor pupil ? 
Either Mr. Coleman is, or is not capable of teaching phy¬ 
siology and the treatment of disease. About this, although he 
may not have kept full pace with the advance of veterinary 
science, and although he may push some of his favourite theories 
to an absurd and ludicrous extent, there can be no question. 
If those about him think otherwise, let the proper representation 
be made in the proper quarter. If there be those who do not 
believe in, or cannot uphold Mr. Coleman’s grand and favourite 
theories, let them take the course which, in every other situation, 
good sense and honourable feeling would indicate. 
The constitution of the College might indeed be changed 
most materially for the better. Ther,e might be three or more 
professors, and each might have his separate department of ana¬ 
tomy or physiology, or the treatment of disease, and indifferent 
animals; and each might expound his own views and theories, 
without interfering w ith the authority, or encroaching on the pro¬ 
vince of the other. This would be a most material improve¬ 
ment ; but when there is actually but one professor—one pre¬ 
mier and his assistants,—a ministry must be unanimous, or it 
cannot be effectual. The education in every ^school must be con¬ 
ducted according to certain recognised principles. And who is to 
determine on these principles but the master of the school, or the 
appointers of the master. 
We say, therefore, again, and for the sake of Mr. Coleman, and 
of the school, and of the pupils, that while the Veterinary College 
is constituted as it is, that which the Professor teaches his assistant 
should illustrate, and the demonstrator confirm; and if they can¬ 
not conscientiously do this,there is a course open before them; and 
they ought not to compromise the reputation of the school, or the 
improvement of the pupil. We do not admire this avowed oppo¬ 
sition—this declared warfare—between the professor and his as¬ 
sistants. It is not in good taste. It does no credit to anybody 
We duly appreciate the independent spirit which Mr. Vines has 
assumed in this publication ; we ackno wledge his right to form his 
own opinions, and to bring them before the public, but not to the 
compromise of other duties. 
On the whole, we cordially recommend this work to the con¬ 
sideration of our readers. There is much good stuff* in it, per¬ 
haps encumbered and obscured by an arrangement far too 
complicated, and sometimes unintelligible; and by a constant 
reference to authorities never good for much, and long obsolete, 
and compared with which one sentence of Mr. Vines's would 
