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man in London had, and would give as good a price 

 for them, whether he would get them ? I would at 

 once answer him (if he was not a judge), certainly 

 not. The reply might naturally be, that his money 

 was worth as much as any other man's : certainly it 

 would be, but his judgment would not ; consequently, 

 though the dealer would show him and sell him a fine 

 pair of horses, he would not give him as fine a pair of 

 horses as any man in London had (supposing the 

 dealer to possess such) : and why ? because the dealer 

 would know he had shown him a pair quite good 

 enough to answer the purpose he wanted them for: 

 a pair of more merit would not be properly appreci- 

 ated by such a customer, and in fact would be thrown 

 away upon him: but above all, as a tradesman, the 

 dealer would never give a superior article where an 

 inferior one is to be got rid of. 



I think I hear a tradesman, or dealer, or merchant, 

 whichever they please to call themselves, in other ar- 

 ticles, say, " This may be all very well in a horse- 

 dealer, but we should not consider it honourable in 

 our business." I hear you, Gentlemen. I have not 

 said it is honourable in the horse-dealer. You say, you 

 should not do so in your business : though not a very 

 polite man, I am too polite to contradict you : but, be 

 your business what it may, if I want any article in 

 which you do deal, and am not a judge of it myself, 

 you will, in accordance with the liberal sentiments 

 you profess, excuse me if I bring some one with me 

 who is, before I buy of you, though I know that 

 " Brutus is an honourable man." 



I may now be asked, how the dealer should know 

 that his customer is not a judge of horses ? To this 

 I make answer, that most men who are, and are men 



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