224: GOOD EXAMPLES. 



there to emulate the rougher and stronger sex in deeds of daring, 

 she is not likely to succeed, and if she did, she would find that 

 she had gained neither love nor esteem. The courage of an 

 Eleanor of Castille, of a Miss Nightingale, or a Sister Dora, will 

 never lack admirers, and will never be eclipsed by the lords of 

 the creation ; but foolhardy rashness will always, and justly, be 

 more admired in the natural defenders of our liberties, than in 

 the peace makers and safety valves of our homes. 



530. — Xo written nor verbal instruction, no riding master, 

 not even any amount of practice, will give the finishing touches 

 seen in an accomplished, early taught, natural rider of either 

 sex. When you have made your seat so secure that you have 

 confidence enough to adopt any style, choose the best model 

 you can find of your own sex, and copy it as closely as possible. 

 The ease, security, and gracefulness of an early taught rider, are 

 almost as subtle and indescribable as that undefinable something 

 which tells us at once whether a lady or a gentleman was born in 

 good society, and learned to talk, to entertain, to act, and to 

 move from habit ; or whether they have been transformed from 

 something else, by learning grammar, deportment, and etiquette. 

 It is the ease and grace of nature contrasted with the restraint 

 and formality of art. 





