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property, not only in eacli State, but of every individual in each 
State. State rights have suffered nothing. Such a code in no 
way interferes with any State making such special regulations as 
an} peculiarities of her position may require; on the contrary, it 
gives each State a competent force for the execution of the same. 
Lut we have not the requisite number of such educated vet¬ 
erinarians, says the earnest inquirer. Good ! Let us, then, give 
them a chance to make themselves! The men are to be had ; 
the educational opportunity alone fails them. This most desira 
Me end can only be attained by a national institute for the study 
of comparative and experimental pathology and the education of 
competent veterinarians, and, as a natural result , one educational 
standard for all graduates. Who will be the first public-spirited 
man to set the wheel in motion ? Wealthy stock-raisers of Amer¬ 
ica, wealthy citizens who are not stock-raisers, but lovers of your 
country, an opportunity here presents itself to render your names 
■ immortal! Local or even State immortality is of ten possible, but 
the opportunity to become a nation's benefactor is not too often 
presented. All this grand cause needs, is for one man to be up 
and doing. One grand, action or actor is never without the minor 
lights seeking to follow. Who will be this first light ? The 
country awaits the man to strike the fire. The faggots are piled 
up, the timber seasoned, the first spark alone is wanting to start a 
fire which will warm, irradiate and bless our entire country. 
The suffering animal world calls upon you, stock-raisers of 
America, to relieve it from its pestilential curses. Ignorance 
cnes to. you to let in the light. Poor men, suffering from the loss 
of their little all, spread out yearning hands and breathe earnest 
prayers for protection. On every side is want, is need, is suffer¬ 
ing. 11 ho of you all will be the Samaritan, not to pass by on 
the other side, but to set the wheel in motion for the relief of all 
this suffering, all this devastation, all this waste of the nation's 
wealth ? 
