The 

 Human 

 Harvest 



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celled all others in retaining all that was good 

 in fine horses, and in rejecting all that a no- 

 ble horse should not have. And Hke virtues 

 were attached to the sires called Palo Alto, 

 Electricity and Electioneer. 



But there were horses and horses ; horses 

 not of the chosen breed, and should these 

 enter the fold with their common blood it 

 would endanger all that had been already 

 accomplished. For the ideal horse mating 

 with the common horse controls at the best 

 but half the traits of the progeny. If the 

 strain were to be established, the vulgar 

 horseflesh must be kept away, and only the 

 best remain in association with the best. 

 Thus Segregation, the third of the genii, 

 was called into service lest the successes of 

 this herd be lost in the failure of some other. 



Under the spell of Heredity all the horses 

 partook of the charm of Beautiful Bells and 

 of Electricity and of Palo Alto, for firmly 

 and persistently all others were banished 

 from their presence. There were some who 

 were not strong, some who were not sleek, 

 some who were not fleet, some who were 

 not clean-limbed, nor docile, nor intelligent. 



