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And not only a high purpose and an honorable ambition 
are essential to success, but I also beg to remind you of the 
necessity of assiduous continuance of your studies for which 
your work in the College has laid a substantial foundation^ 
In many senses, knowledge is power, and in your case it is 
especially so if you would overcome prejudice and establish a 
new order of things, and create throughout the country a new 
and respected profession—a profession that deserves more 
credit than it has heretofore received, but which, in my judg¬ 
ment, awaits it by honest hard work, high intelligence and 
worthy ambition. Remember that there is no such thing as. 
genius. Hogarth says that “ genius is nothing but labor and 
diligence ” Lend your influence to the establishmeet and en¬ 
dowment of veterinary departments in our universities, col¬ 
leges and veterinary schools. Your President and the Fac¬ 
ulty have maintained, single-handed, in this city a school of a 
high order, and they have borne the burden too long already. 
See to it that theyhave needed support by additional funds and 
by added facilities in order that they may meet the growing 
demands which the increased number of pupils and the 
lengthened term requires. And not only here, but wherever 
your lot may be cast, be vigilant that the proper encourage¬ 
ment is given to the upbuilding of a popular sentiment in 
favor of veterinary culture. Secure, if possible, substantial 
gifts of money and influence for its growth, and, above all, 
do not forget that your profession is in very truth a profession 
which implies, in all your relations, gentle courtesy, forbear¬ 
ance and a demeanor that knows no reproach. Finally, re¬ 
member that the reward of a thing well done is to have done 
it. 
In Athenian sculpture is the continued appearance and 
reappearance of the weird figure of the Centaur. It is a 
startling picture, half man, half horse. To most people it 
seems a crude creation—the result of an idle fancy—a kind of 
barbaric phantasm; but scholars know that Grecian Mythol¬ 
ogy and Grecian Art are too profound to admit of such a so¬ 
lution. Its grand lesson of the mutual dependence, the 
mutual fealty and the mutual obligations between man and 
