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EDITORIAL. 
What I have asked might have been ignored—refused, as 
it were. It would have been better if the question had been 
considered in a cool manner, with careful examination of the 
object intended, rather than to have it treated as it has been. If 
such had been the case, 1 cannot yet, to-day, help thinking 
that it would have been better for all. 
I have not given in my use of the words legal and uncon¬ 
stitutional, their strict meaning, but that which I believe is 
understood when applied in connection with the propriety of 
complying with the laws that regulate all constitutions of 
every well-organized body of men. 
After all, my object was simply to ask the Association of 
Faculties to be so perfect in its organization that not the 
slightest flaw could be found in years to come. I had for 
the future of that association a perspective so large, and so 
great an idea of its influence and of its value, that I thought 
something was wanting, was deficient, and I took the first 
opportunity to cry “ Stop ”—as I did. 
Have I made a mistake? If so, 1 am prepared to apolo¬ 
gize, but yet the proofs of my error have not been produced. 
The minutes of the meeting of the association will settle 
the question, and would have settled it long ago, had they 
been made public, or had 1 had an opportunity to see them. 
The question resolves itself to this : If the minutes record 
that official delegation instruments were presented by each and every 
delegate , and are placed on file with the archives of the associa¬ 
tion where they can be seen , I have made an error, a great 
error, and, as I said, I shall apologize, and regret my mistake. 
If, on the contrary, such official credentials are not in exist¬ 
ence, I cannot but repeat that which 1 have asked before. 
A reconsideration of the work done could not have injured 
nor broken the vitality and strength of the association. On 
the contrary, it cannot help but strengthen it. Its work on 
behalf of veterinary education can be but more influential. 
Its prospective callings—in the watching of those steps which 
will elevate our profession—are so great, that, to us, too much 
care cannot be taken to preserve it and to carry it through a 
long life of usefulness. 
