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lar among the masses; they will put within 

 reach of moderate fortunes so numerous in 

 our land of equality the practice of an art 

 that has hitherto been confined to the rich. 

 Such has been the aim of the labors of my 

 whole life. It is in the hope of attaining 

 this end, that I give to the public the fruit 

 of my long researches. 



But I should say, however, that if I was 

 upheld by the hope of being one day useful 

 to my country, it was the army, above all, 

 that occupied my thoughts. Though count- 

 ing many skillful horsemen in its ranks, the 

 system which they are made to follow an 

 impotent one in my eyes is the true cause 

 of the equestrian inferiority of so many, as 

 well as of their horses being so awkward and 

 badly broken. I might add, that to the same 

 motive is to be attributed the little taste for 

 horsemanship felt by the officers and soldiers. 

 How can it be otherwise ? The low price 

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