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either in animate or inanimate matter, without 

 there first being some cause to produce it. And 

 from this self-evident fact we know that there is 

 some cause for every impulse or movement of either 

 mind or matter, and that this law governs every 

 action or movement of the animal kingdom. Then, 

 according to this theory, there must be some cause 

 before fear can exist ; and, if fear exists from the 

 effect of imagination, and not from the infliction 

 of real pain, it can be removed by complying with 

 those laws of nature by which the horse examines 

 an object, and determines upon its innocence x)r 

 harm. 



A log or stump by the road side may be, in the 

 imagination of the horse, some great beast about to 

 pounce upon him ; but after you take him up to it 

 and let him stand by it a little while, and touch it 

 with his nose, and go through his process of exami- 

 nation, he will not care anything more about it. 

 And the same principle and process will have the 

 same effect with any other object, however fright- 

 ful in appearance, in which there is no harm. 

 Take a boy that has been frightened by a false 

 face, or any other object that he could not compre- 

 hend at once ; but let him take that face, or object 

 in his hands and examine it, and he will not care 

 anything more about it. This is a demonstration 

 of the same principle. 



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