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together, that induce a man to possess himself of such 

 animals. There may be many who may say, *' I do not 

 want to make money by horses ;" that there are many 

 who do not contemplate doing so, no one can doubt. 

 That many from vanity, and others from indolence, 

 would not attempt to do it, is, I quite believe, equally 

 certain ; but supposing (what certainly could not be 

 the case) that, without any sacrifice of vanity or 

 ease, money could be made by horses, I care not 

 whether a man be duke or dustman, the general 

 animus of human nature must totally change, ere I 

 could be brought to believe that either would not 

 make money, unless some counteracting principle 

 stood in the way of his doing so. The fact, therefore, 

 merges into this — whether the general desire to make 

 money, or the unwillingness to undergo the necessary 

 means of doing so, be the strongest bias in the mind. 

 Tew men have through life been less solicitous 

 about the mere making of money, than myself ; had 

 it been otherwise, probably these sheets would never 

 have been written ; but making money by horses I 

 did consider as something quite different to the mere 



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