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ded on the two ascendancies of love and feav. In 

 order to render it still more certain, that is, con- 

 stant, it is further necessary that the obedience by 

 persuasion should be conrerted into a second nature 

 hi) hahit, by long continued acts of obedience and 

 by long continued prevention of acts of disobedien- 

 ce. An action which is performed by habit is per- 

 formed without being noticed, without knowledge 

 or wish. This is seen from the amount of eifort 

 and time required to overcome an acquired habit. 

 Obedience hy persuasion, having become a second 

 nature by ludtit has indeed the etfect of making 

 the horse no longer think of obeying his own will 

 but only ours, and we may rely on the hahit of 

 obedience just as we may rely that on touching a 

 a key of a ])iano the corresponding note will be 

 given forth. The greater power of the instinct of 

 self-preservati(m or of fear or other instincts may 

 cause obedience to be forgotten for a moment, but 

 this will be an exception Avhere obedience by per- 

 suasion has been developed and has become a hahit. 



