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again, there is the consciousness of having done that which 
is conducive to onward progress, even although the laurel 
wreath be not won by every aspirant. 
We have always been warm advocates for the adoption of 
all measures that tend to the advancement of knowledge, be¬ 
lieving “the mind to be the stature of the man,” and know¬ 
ing that success is generally attendant on the industrious. 
We again say, Educate, educate, educate! Add instruc¬ 
tion to instruction, both within and without the schools. 
There is no such thing as the mind standing still. It is 
ever progressing in the acquirement of a knowledge of good 
or evil. It is better, therefore, that right principles be in¬ 
culcated than that errors should prevail. The success of a 
case is always problematical and difficult after empiricism 
has in vain essayed its cure. Better far that the treatment 
at the first be sound, and better far that the practitioner of 
medicine, veterinary or human, should have to do with one 
conversant with principles than with one who is ignorant of 
them; since he will be content to listen to suggestions, and 
will readily acquiesce in the adoption of those plans which 
are shown to be conducive to the end in view. 
We shall rejoice to see the number of those who thus 
stand prominently forward increase, and heartily do we wish 
them success. 
Possibly we cannot better show the benefits to be derived 
from “helps to knowledge,” its gradual advance, and the 
good obtainable from it, than by the following quotation 
from a speech lately delivered by Lord Brougham. Elo¬ 
quently he says—“Thelimited nature of man’s faculties pre¬ 
cludes the possibility of his ever reaching at once the utmost 
excellence of which they are capable. Survey the whole 
circle of the sciences, and trace the history of our own pro¬ 
gress in each—you find this to be the universal rule. In 
chemical philosophy, the dreams of the alchemists prepared 
the way for the more rational, though erroneous theory of 
Stahl; and it was by repeated improvements that his errors, 
so long prevalent, were at length exploded, giving place to 
the sound doctrine which is now established. The great 
