American Veterinary Review, 
APRIL, 1879. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF 
THE AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
By PROF. J. LAW, ol Cornell. 
Gentlemen : 
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Yon have completed the course of study prescribed by your 
Alma Mater, and to-day you received the first reward of your 
earnest toil. To-day you have received that diploma which tes¬ 
tifies to the success of your work in the class-room, the laborato¬ 
ry, and the hospital. To-day you matriculate into the higher 
school of the outside world, where your work is to be no longer 
the study of authorities and the receiving in faith of the general 
