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CONCLUSION. 



Everything that has a commencement must have a 

 conclusion — and "Centaur" is no exception to the 

 general rule. Therefore, as the mythical creature, whose 

 name the author has adopted as the title for his book, 

 possesses the head of a man and the extremities of a horse, 

 so this work has its commencement or head, and now 

 comes the conclusion or tail (end). But here the 

 writer, before bringing his work to a close, would add a 

 word or two by way of justification of the peculiar title he 

 has taken for his book. 



The "Centaur," like most of the ancient legends, 

 had a deep meaning. 



Thus — man by his "humane" treatment of the 

 horse imparts to it a portion of his nature, and the animal 

 becomes so wise that it obeys the will of its rider or 

 groom, as readily as do the members of the human body 

 the impulse of the brain ; and in this sense, the horseman 





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