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may it be said, that he not only " loves him that is set in authority over 

 Iiini, with all his heart, and with all his mind," but " with all his 

 strength''^ serves him faithfully all the days of his life, and, even more 

 than this, sometimes lays down his life the better to serve him ! 



What a contrast is this to human conduct! Can we learn nothing 

 from it ? 



Yes ! As the sluggard is told to go to the out to learn wisdom and 

 industry — he who lacketh understanding may with like propriety be 

 told to go to the horse, and learn from his docilitg and obedience 



The Whole Duty of Man ! 



Seeing, then, that Racing produced the thorough-bred horse — the 

 noblest and most elegant of animals evev appropriated to the use of 

 man — profitable for instruction as, well as for use; and that Rachig 

 also renders a ve]y important service to the country, by benefiting the 

 agricultural interests, in every n<-ighborhood where a taste for fine 

 horses prevails — with this agreeable view of the subject, we will now 

 say, as every special pleader observes, when he flatters himself he has 

 successfully introduced his case : " We close for the present." 



