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and parting advice to you is to agitate, agitate, and continue 
to agitate this great question until victory comes, as come it 
surely will, for, as an old writer says, “ Truth is like a torch; 
the more it’s shook, the more it shines.” 
The genius of humanity, believe me, is moving in right 
lines. As an able writer has said : “ The destiny of organized 
nature is amelioration, and who can tell its limits. It is for 
man to tame the chaos ; on every side v whilst he lives to scat¬ 
ter the seed of science and of song, that climate, animals and 
men may be milder, and the germs of love and benefit may 
be multiplied.” 
“ Man is his own star; and the soul that can 
Render an honest and a perfect man, 
Commands all light, all influence, all faith: 
Nothing to him falls early or too late. 
Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, 
Our fatal shadow* that walk by us still.” 
In this grand march of events you, gentlemen of the grad¬ 
uating class, have a very serious and a very important task 
to perform, unique in its character, noble in its purposes, and 
grand in its results. 
May it be by you honestly and conscientiously performed. 
CASTRATION OF CRYPTORCHIDS. 
By Professor F. Mauri, of the Veterinary School of Toulouse, France. 
(Continued from page 9.) 
PREPARATION FOR THE OPERATION. 
As in all operations of fashion, so called, or such as are not 
necessarily urgent, or of absolute necessity, the rule is im¬ 
perative which forbids its performance on animals whose 
state of health is not perfect. A strong, well-fed horse, in 
good condition, enjoys almost perfect immunity from sep¬ 
ticemic accidents, and requires only the simplest care for the 
prevention of all surgical complications. Every surgeon is 
aware of the surprises which he is likely to encounter in 
