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Credit: [Prospectuses, 1864/5 to 1883/4]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![audacity of tlio canditlatc, and the ignoraiio.o and .s'mplicity of the examiners. But it is discreditable to all concerned in it; to the teacher who thus, as it were, makes flash notes; to tlie candidates who present them ; and, most of all, to the examiners who pass them and mark them as good ones. I do not believe that any of yo\i are at present intending thus to try to pass ; yet, let me warn you that, unless you work hard and honestly, you will at last be' in-esistibly tempted to try. For the pressure of ignorance will tempt a man who has wasted his time to believe that it is all fair to take advantage of other men's negligence; and that the fault of his passing, though unfit, is not his, but the examiners'. Doubtless the greater fault is with the examiners; and the facility with which - unfit men may pass in some places is a great scandal of oui' profession. But, remember, the faults of examiners do not palliate those of candidates ; wi'ong-doing is not the less wrong because it is done easily: iniquity cannot be justified by opportunity. Therefore you must not cram thus for your cxamination>s. You may thus pass them ; though, indeed, for any diploma that is worth having, mere cranuning is becoming every year more perilous; but even if you do obtain a diploma, if you do obtain the legal, you will not have the moral, right to practice: for you will still have to learn your profession, or you will practice to the misery of your patients, and to your own shame. No ; you must not thus cram : you nuist so work ;is not even to be liable to the temptation to do so. The best way to avoid the temptation is by that method of preparing for examinations which is not discreditable—namely, by steady work according to the curriculum and the guidance of your teachers, and by being re])eatedly examined, not only at the end, but during the whole course of your studies. Get the re([uiHite knowledge from lectures and reading, from seeing and recording, and all other ordained means of learning; and get the power of using your knowledge from repeated examina- tions of the same kind as those in which you will be finally tested. The advantages of such cxaniiiiations, coniluck-d concur- rently with other well-used means of study, arc more and more various than I need tiy to tell you. You w ill learn thon A -2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21507326_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
