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THE VETERINARIAN, OCTOBER 1, 1864. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.— Cicero. 
ADDRESS TO STUDENTS. 
“ Lives of great men all remind us 
We can make our lives sublime. 
And, departing, leave behind us 
Eootprints on the sands of time.” 
The opening of tlie Scholastic Session at our Alma Mater, 
on the 3rd instant, when the Introductory Address will be 
delivered by the Principal, Professor Spooner, and at which 
w r e trust many of our friends will be present, as heretofore, 
is our apology, if one be needed, for this address to the 
student of veterinary medicine. "VYe are under no appre¬ 
hension that our intentions in writing it will be miscon¬ 
strued, or ourselves charged with a desire to assume the 
dictatorship. It may be, however, that our experience 
makes us somewhat bold ; albeit, w'e hope not unwarrantably 
so, while a familiarity with the subject, from a lengthened 
connection, enables us to write and advise with some degree 
of confidence. 
We are no strangers to what has been done, and what is 
doing, to advance the interests of the aspirant; and we 
trust, indeed, we have a well-grounded assurance, arising 
from what has already taken place, that this will continue 
to be augmented as circumstances call for it. We can look 
back to the time when the system of education w r as very, 
very different to what it now is, and not at all approaching 
what it ought to have been. But an admirable, and in 
every sense desirable, change has been effected, only, as we 
have said, still to be added to. 
Nevertheless, while this has been the case, it must not be 
forgotten that the student has his part also to play—his 
duty to perform; and this is the more important, since 
without it be done all that the teacher can do will prove 
