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victim turns sullen and revengeful, or sinks under 

 the oppression. On the other hand, a child of ex- 

 traordinary and precocious ability is frequently kept 

 back, and its dawning talents clouded and damped, 

 from want of proper stimulus and exercise. The 

 child being ''but seven years old," says nothing; it 

 is true, it must be incapable of grappling with the 

 deep science that it is the province of man to attain, 

 but it may be quite capable to appreciate and under- 

 stand the usual studies of other, nay, the generality 

 of children in years far its senior. It is often the 

 same with racing-colts. No doubt but that, in a 

 general way, the treatment of colts in accordance with 

 their age may be a safe guide to the trainer, but it is 

 by no means a sure one, for a very strong constitu- 

 tion and a very weak one may more than counter- 

 balance a year's difference in age. We might infer 

 that this obvious fact must strike every one ; that it 

 sometimes does not is, however, to be accounted for 

 by oversights frequently exhibited by other persons ; 

 for instance, painters constantly, I might say alwaj'-s, 

 exhibit a mannerism in their pictures by which (if 



