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EDITORIAL. 
those how many were interested in the veterinary exhibits, how 
many were veterinarians? No doubt the number of our Euro¬ 
pean colleagues must have been quite large. Were there many 
Americans? I do not know. I had the pleasure of meeting only 
two. Perhaps there were more, but how could we meet in such 
large crowds ? Now, however, our address is known to all our 
readers, and if any of them visit the gay city, we hope they 
will let us know it. But to come back to the veterinary ex¬ 
hibit. 
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To be correct, we ought to say exhibits—for there were six 
veterinary exhibitions. The collective of the French Schools, 
the retrospective of agricultural and veterinary teaching, the 
collective veterinary (practical) exhibition, the sanitary vet¬ 
erinary exposition of the Seine, and the exhibition of the 
Saumur School. The foreign veterinary schools were not 
gathered under one roof, but spread here and there in their pa¬ 
vilion or special exhibits of their respective countries. Of all 
those I wish to call the attention of our colleagues to that of the 
French schools and the sanitary exposition, as being those 
which can interest them the most and from which they can de¬ 
rive information and benefit by them. 
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The collectivity of the French schools was a good move— 
not only because it shows their intimacy and friendly relations, 
but because it permitted a grander exhibition of the great re¬ 
sources of the three establishments, and of the opportunities 
that they offer to students. Everything that could be desired 
was represented there, but that which drew our attention the 
most was the pedagogical side of the exhibition—that is, the 
utilization of the most modern methods of scientific teaching. 
It is no longer sufficient to express with beautiful language and 
fine delivery excellent ideas ; what is better is to force them 
into the memory by demonstrable facts. One does not forget, 
or forgets less, when he has seen, when he has touched ; and it 
is with this plan in view that veterinary schools were so bril- 
