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on good terms with a horse is merely obtaining his consent to be 

 governed. If these things be true, it brings us to the conclusion 

 that this power emanates from the same source, whether exer- 

 cised between man and man or between man and beast, and the 

 working hypothesis we have set out to establish may be summed 

 up as follows: (1) There exists a mind-power control between 

 man and man; (2) there exists a mind-power control between man 

 and beast; and (3) the power of control is the same in both cases. 

 This brings us to another point purposely omitted until now; 

 namely, that while a person or a horse may be willing to be acted 

 upon, the person seeking to control him must l^e desirous of doing 

 so. In all hypnotic demonstrations there must be harmony, ac- 

 cord, or what the French term rapport. Further, this power, or 

 desire, (1) exists in every person to a greater or less degi-ee; (2) 

 it is, like other faculties of the mind or body, subject to cultiva- 

 tion or development, and, like them, increases with use; (3) its 

 manifestation is in a degree proportionate to the will of the one 

 or the faith or confidence of the other. 



