RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



as temperament, was influenced by food; and he 

 never developed anything like the speed of Majolica. 

 He was sluggish in feeling and action, and Mr. Bon- 

 ner confessed to me that over-food stimulation was 

 worse than under stimulation. The conviction grows 

 in me that variation is the outcome of nutrition and 

 change in the external conditions of life. 



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