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and the bones are coming together, bone to his bone.” 
Soon, too, there will be seen there is life in them, and that 
we have become tf an exceeding great army,” 
Ever have we been advocates for union, although we 
have not counselled or hoped for uniformity. Indeed, this 
is both morally and physically impossible; nor is it de¬ 
sirable that it should exist, for did it, it would prove disad¬ 
vantageous, inasmuch as it would act as a barrier to all in¬ 
vestigation, and consequently to all progress. A forced 
conformity is repugnant to a well-educated and disciplined 
mind. Moreover, it is by differences of opinion that truth is 
elicited, and investigations, when carefully conducted, result 
in the acquirement of knowledge. On this ground it is that 
even controversies often prove beneficial, although it is too 
frequently to be regretted that they lead to the formation of 
parties, and give rise to personalities, ever to be denounced. 
As a further proof of our onward progress, we cannot 
but recognise and approve of the advancement that has 
been made in professional education. The curriculum of 
the student is extended, fresh appointments have taken 
place of professors in several departments;—although we 
must not stop here ;—yet, the examination for the diploma of 
the College has become svstemized by each section having its 
respective examinators; associations are being instituted for 
the discussion of scientific and other subjects connected with 
the veterinary art, and societies formed for mutual protection. 
And may we not also refer with some degree of confidence 
to the increased estimation in which the graduated member 
of the profession is held by the public ? The nostrums 
and musty recipes of the empiric have followed the 
“ charms ” of the charlatan, and ceased to inspire con¬ 
fidence ; while bold assurance and pretension to knowledge 
have paled before the light of science, which, like the touch 
of Ithurieks spear, has exposed their true nature, and shown 
the origin of them to have been in ignorance of right prin¬ 
ciples. 
It is with communities as individuals—the tide taken at 
its flood leads on to fortune. So with us, a current has 
for some years set in the right direction, and although all 
