TESTIMONIAL TO PROFESSOR MORTON. 
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has been universal. In addressing the members of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, I have had the opportunity of knowing how strong 
this sentiment is; and, almost without an exception, the subscribers to 
this testimonial have remarked how sorry they were to learn that Pro¬ 
fessor Morton was retiring from his position at the College, and Iioav wil¬ 
lingly would they have given a much larger sum to have retained his 
services at that institution. He has been described to me as the “stu¬ 
dent’s friend” by students themselves; and we, who have been students, 
can fully endorse that feeling; and that he is the “ practitioner’s friend,” 
is fully proved by the readiness with which this testimonial has been 
raised, and by the large attendance of gentlemen here to-day from dis¬ 
tant parts of the country, who, at the sacrifice of both time and money, have 
come to pay respect to their quondam preceptor, and at all times their 
friend. Professor Morton has done so much for the advancement of 
veterinary literature, that on that account, independently of the personal 
friendship which we enjoy with him, he has claims upon our respect and 
gratitude, and I may venture to say there is not a member of the vete¬ 
rinary profession who does not entertain such feelings towards him; and 
his departure from amongst us—if I may be allowed the expression—is 
felt to be a national loss. Gentlemen in writing to me, even if they could 
not render me help by sending their guinea, have said, invariably, they 
regret exceedingly that Professor Morton was to be no longer in our 
ranks; that to him, over and above all others, our gratitude was most 
due; and that him, of all men, we could least afford to spare. It has 
been mentioned that the amount collected has far exceeded any sum sub¬ 
scribed on similar occasions in past times. That circumstance will, to 
some extent, speak for itself, as showing the estimation in which Professor 
Morton is held by the profession. You have been told, too, that the 
purse contains 135 guineas. There is no colouring given to that: there 
are twenty-one shillings to the guinea, the purse contains £141 155., and 
I believe there will be a surplus that I shall have to hand over to our 
friend in the course of a few days, when these accounts are closed. The 
salver you have all seen, and, I am pleased to know, admired. It is 
beautiful as a work of art, is of solid silver, weighs one hundred and 
forty-six ounces, and its value is £85. 
I need scarcely tell you, sir (addressing Professor Morton), that being 
the secretary in connexion with this movement, I am made the bearer of 
many regrets that we are about to lose you, and also at the inability of a 
great number of the subscribers to be present on this occasion. They 
desire me, however, to express their thanks for your uniform kindness to 
them, and for the services you have rendered to veterinary science, and 
their best wishes for your future happiness and welfare. The list of 
subscribers contains names of gentlemen who are not members of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; it includes a number of members 
of the Scotch schools, and I am bound to add, that their subscriptions 
have been as freely and as frankly given as any of the others. Many are 
personally unknown to you, and you are unknown to them, but they 
have subscribed their guineas to this testimonial with very great pleasure, 
as the letters I have received from them abundantly testify. 
My thanks are due to the gentlemen on the committee, for the ready 
and very valuable aid they have rendered me. They have done much to 
further the object for which we have met together to-day, and with them, 
as with myself, it has, I am sure, been a labour in which they have all 
delighted. I now resign my office, and I have much pleasure in handing 
to you, sir (turning to Professor Morton), a list of subscribers to this 
testimonial. The amount raised but feebly expresses the estimation in 
