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will follow that rational progression which 

 tells us to commence with the simple, be- 

 fore passing to the complicated. By the 

 preceding exercise, we have made our means 

 of acting upon the horse sure. We must 

 now attend to facilitating his means of ex- 

 ecution, by exercising all his forces together. 

 If the animal respond to the aids of the rider 

 by the jaw, the neck, and the haunches ; 

 if he yield, by the general disposition of 

 his body, to the impulses communicated 

 to him, it is by the play of his extremi- 

 ties that he executes the movement. The 

 mechanism of these parts ought then to 

 be easy, prompt, and regular; their applica- 

 tion, well directed in the different paces, 

 can alone give them such qualities as are 

 indispensable to a good education.* 



* It must not be forgotten that the hand and legs 

 have their vocabulary also; and a very concise one. 



