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make resistance nor move irregularly, for 

 it requires supernatural efforts on his part 

 to destroy the harmony of his moving 

 parts, and so greatly displace his centre of 

 gravity. So, when I speak of the necessity 

 of giving the horse a new equilibrium, in 

 order to prevent his defending himself, and 

 also to remedy the ungracefulness of his 

 form, I allude to the combination of forces 

 of which I have been treating, or, rather, 

 of the removal of the centre of gravity from 

 one place to another. This result obtained, 

 the education of the horse is complete. 

 When the horseman succeeds in obtaining 

 it, his talent becomes a truth, since it trans- 

 forms ugliness into grace, and gives elegance 

 and lightness to movements which were be- 

 fore heavy and confused.* 



* I have often proved that horses that were considered 

 dull, or unable to move their shoulders freely, have not 



