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incurable disease. His Honor intimated his own opinion that, if they 
believed the second groom, and he seemed to know more of the matter 
than the first, his evidence, taken along with the professional evidence, 
went to show that the horse had glanders. 
The jury found for the defendant. 
MISCELLANEA. 
THE IMPORTANCE OE TIME. 
The past and the future have a historical and prophetic 
connection with the present , and therefore can never be 
severed from the regards and considerations of men. But 
the present alone is the available field and workshop of our 
actual performances. The hour that now is, is the element 
w'herein we are ordained to live, and out of it we have to 
unfold the possibilities of our destination. It is the point 
which visibly connects us with the boundless contingences 
of universal being. We build our fate out of the rough 
materials which every day hurls confusedly around us. 
From a rude unshapen mass of capability, it is our appointed 
task to rear the temple of a manful and worthy life. Time, 
thoughtfully considered, is as earnest and awful as eternity. 
It is indeed eternity in the vesture of an hour—a visible 
revelation of the infinite continuity, disclosed to us under 
finite limitations; a divergent ray of duration, under an 
aspect of mortal circumstance. Not lightly should a man 
esteem this fleeting phenomenon called to-day. Under the 
lowest consideration, it is the outcome of all preceding 
generations; and with its chequered sunshine and gloom it 
is ours even now to work in with faithfulness and courage. 
Gird well thy heart with integrity and strong endeavour, 
and put the stamp of an everlasting emphasis upon whatso¬ 
ever duty thou canst find to do; for every act and effort of 
a man is charged with an abiding force w r hose vitality is 
never quenched, but visibly or imperceptibly circulates for 
evermore. 
OBITUARY. 
Died, January last, of cancer of the tongue, Professor 
Gunther, of the Hanover Veterinary School. He was 
nearly 70 years of age, and considered one of the highest 
authorities on veterinary matters in Germany. 
We have also to record the death of Mr. W. Hubbick, 
late of Durham, who graduated at the R.V.C., May 11, 
1853, and Mr. G. Dale, late of Camberwell, who graduated 
at the R.V.C., March 27th, 1839. 
