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give him tliem again. By showing him the oat 

 sieve you make him exj)ect something that is 

 good. 



By placing him anew in circnmstances and po- 

 sitions in which he was able to obev his own im- 

 pnLses we give rise in him to the idea and desire 

 of following out his own impulses anew which is 

 an idea we should not give him and should not 

 allow others to give him. 



When one is not yet sufficiently master of 

 the horse to be able to hohl liim back it is requi- 

 site that he should not be allo^\ed to pass on to 

 the threshold of his stable so as not to give him 

 the idea and temptation of entering. If lie has 

 been in a position to carry out any independent 

 action and lias been allowed to do so he alwavs 

 remembers having been able to do so and for this 

 reason conceives the idea and the will of doing 

 so again. 



If he has been able or allowed to swerve 

 once or go aside from an object which inspired 

 him with fear he conceives the idea of being able 

 to swerve in this way and desires to do so whene- 



