2 GENERAL CONDITIONS AND PRINCIPLES. 



be acted upon in both ways. Now, in breaking a bad horse 

 I simply act inversely to a previously deranged organism. 

 In breaking the colt, I aim first to overcome all inclina- 

 tion to resist any demands made upon him ; second, to 

 overcome all impressions of fear ; third, when a bad char- 

 acter or habit is formed, to counteract that impression, not 

 only directly but as quickly as possible. These conditions 

 I have shown my principles accomplish in the most perfect 

 manner. Here we are compelled to view the various rela- 

 tions of adaptation to our wants in the lower animals in 

 general, as well as the natural conditions of our supremacy 

 to them, that of superior intelligence ; because man has 



Fiery, excitable horse, of much courage. 



the power to see and understand more than any or all of 

 them, and thereby see how to teach and control them for 

 use, in a higher sense having all the functions of this 

 variety of animal nature blended in himself. In under- 

 standing his own nature, he is able to see and understand 

 each of theirs ; and, to get a correct conception of principles 

 which should govern in their subjection, we must see by 

 what principle can the corresponding functions in our 

 nature be influenced and controlled most easily. Here, 

 then, we are naturally brought to the study of physiologi- 

 cal laws or conditions, as manifested in the head, body, 

 and disposition, showing natural divisions. The camel, 



