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ing. Not that we needed a new stimulus for earnest work, 
for our career is resplendent with strong achievements, but 
that it well becomes our place to be in keeping with such, 
and to thus acknowledge our indebtedness to this center 
which has added so materially in new blood to the strength 
of our organization. 
Meeting as we do on the close of this year, when our 
thoughts are mingled with those of four hundred years ago, 
and on the eve of our celebration of the fourth century v birth 
of this nation to which we give allegiance, this nation, the 
stupendous wonder of the world, the marvel of the nineteenth 
century, whose matchless progress, unlimited resources and 
stability of government have already outlived the prophecies 
of historians and writers, and on the eve of the First Inter¬ 
national Veterinarv Congress within our borders, surely these 
are proud thoughts for us to indulge in and should add zeal 
and pleasure to our coming ; aside from the always pleasant 
associations of renewing our friendships and greeting the 
faces of those whom it is ever pleasant for us to meet. 
From none of these gatherings have I yet been prevented 
from attending, and I count it as a gain, the added strength 
of fellow feeling, the increased knowledge, the firmer grasp 
I have thus gained on the profession, and it has brought 
others as well as myself a richer reward than our hopes 
dreamed of or our fertile brain conjectured. It has gained 
for our profession a recognized place and position in the Key¬ 
stone State and our men are honored in their calling through¬ 
out the length and breadth of our commonwealth. We are 
favored within our borders with one of the foremost veter¬ 
inary schools in our country, and whose strong place in the 
galaxy of schools is a fitting compliment to the high pur¬ 
poses and aims of the veterinary profession in Pennsylvania. 
What may I say at this time for the workers in original 
fields of research in our organization, who are daily brushing 
away the clouds of doubt and uncertainty, lifting the barriers 
that have stayed the hands of progress in the management 
and control of some of our infectious and contagious diseases. 
Words of praise seem empty offerings, but the fuller light of 
