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of sentiment? For centuries the English-speaking people in 
their greed for wealth abused and maltreated their horses in 
a way that shocked every sensibility of human nature. In 
1866 Henry Bergh appealed to the sentiment of the country, 
and he himself was startled at the response. Public senti¬ 
ment, asleep for a hundred years, was aroused as if by magic, 
and his appeals went ringing around the world. I hold in 
my hand the last report of the American Society for the Pre¬ 
vention of Cruelty to Animals, and in it I find reports from 
every State of the Union—from Canada, from Mexico, from 
South America, from Brazil, and from the far-off islands of 
the sea. Working on the line of pure sentiment, Henry 
Bergh has unconsciously achieved what may almost be called 
immortal fame. 
I knew Henry Bergh in his lifetime—a silent man, a 
unique man, a thoroughly unselfish and noble man. For him 
and his work we are truly thankful, but his work was but the 
beginning; it was negative and looked only to protection. 
What we now want and must have, and I truly believe wz/Zhave 
in the near future, is a positive sentiment which will not only 
save our dumb animals from abuse, but will insist that they 
shall be looked after in trouble, protected from disease, and 
cured in sickness. We cannot in the nature of things have 
for them the same care as does the Arab of the desert; but 
we can do something in that direction, and our horses will 
not only respond to this treatment, but we will find that it 
will pay in every sense of the term. Do not despair of public 
sentiment if the purpose is high. Shyer than gravitation 
and stealthier than the growth of a forest are the movements 
which create public opinion in the life of man. 
Henry Bergh might well have despaired, as he was ma¬ 
ligned, abused and sneered at as no other man ever was be¬ 
fore. These facts have passed from the memory of most 
men, and now many are glad to do him honor. 
Gentlemen of the Graduating Class, your time is coming 
—probably it has arrived—when even sentiment will see to it 
that a sick horse, equally with a sick man, shall be cared for 
by educated and intelligent physicians, and this I say with 
