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ignorant man I do good to the people, I do good to my profession.” 
No, a thousand times no, you do not, and you are deeply in error 
in supposing that by doing a quackish act you prevent quackery. 
Mr. President, I am surprised at myself when I read these 
lines, for I am afraid I am unable to express as I would, in 
a language more familiar to me, to some of my friends who I see 
amongst us, how erroneously they work when engaged in this 
gratuitous prescribing. 
If agricultural papers offer us so great advantages, I consider 
that it is greatly on account of the large number which are to be 
found all through the United States, and the excellent and 
superior quality of many, but I cannot leave this subject without 
mentioning the paper of your own profession, the American 
Yeterinary Review , and to say a few words of the part it has 
played and of the influence it might have: 
You remember that just two years ago, in this very room, a 
motion was presented by our worthy President, by which the 
American Yeterinary Review was born. You were kind enough 
to do me the high honor of placing me at the head of the under¬ 
taking as the editor, and though I warned you against your choice, 
and after I pointed out to you how, more competent than myself, 
many members of our Association there were who could fill the 
place, I entered into the performance of the duties assigned to 
me, bound to do my best and succeed if success was possible 
under the circumstances. In a few words, with what results have 
these two years of the Review been passed ? A circulation three 
times as great as when you began, and a recognition from England, 
France, Belgium, Germany and Italy, which extracts from our 
paper—such is what has been done. No debts and supporting 
itself—such are the results. 
But satisfactory as these are, and proud as I am to know that 
I have been instrumental in securing them, are they sufficient and 
are they the utmost which might be expected from the Review f 
No, it ought to be that very part, essential part, of the press by 
which we can bring our profession forward and educate the public 
in the knowledge of the appreciation of the veterinarian. 
I may here suggest, in relation to the Review , that it seems to 
