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some tact and experience, ends by accus- 

 toming the horse to obey the impressions 

 communicated to him, the rider imagines 

 that he has surmounted great difficulties, 

 and attributes to his skill a state so near to 

 that of nature, that correct principles would 

 have obtained it in a few days. Then as 

 the animal continues to display in all his 

 movements the grace and lightness natural 

 to his beautiful formation, the rider does not 

 scruple to take all the merit to himself; thus 

 showing himself as presumptuous in this 

 case, as he was unjust when he made the 

 badly formed horse responsible for the fail- 

 ure of his attempts. 



If we once admit these truths : 



That the education of the horse consists 

 in the complete subjection of his powers ; 



That we can only make use of his powers 

 at will, by annulling all resistances ; 



And that these resistances have their 

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