20.2 PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO PROF. VAKNELL. 
have but little hope in this world for such a result. I feel quite 
unable to allude as I could wish to events connected with my col¬ 
lege career, or to express fully my desires for the future of the pro¬ 
fession. I will, however, state very briefly that I sincerely hope its 
members will not relax their efforts to obtain a higher professional 
education, and a more rigid test of the fitness of a pupil to receive 
his diploma than has hitherto been in^ituted. 
More knowledge and more science are needed to satisfy the public 
and displace the empiric. In these remarks I am confident that 
many members in the profession will agree with me, and to such I 
would say, cease not to agitate this question until the desired object 
is attained—let one and all cry out “ Excelsior.” 
In concluding my brief reply, which but faintly expresses my feel¬ 
ings of gratitude for the great honour you have done me in presenting 
to me this beautiful and valuable testimonial, let me assure you that, 
although wholly retired from the profession, I shall, nevertheless, 
watch its progress with anxiety, and as I pass through the few short 
years allotted to me should I discover that its progress is in accord¬ 
ance with the times, and its members are happy and prosperous, I 
shall be pleased and thankful—thankful to those especially who 
were instrumental in effecting its advancement. 
I am, &c., 
George Varnell. 
Beech House, Belton, Suffolk ; 
February^ 1869. 
