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social relations, is, it is true, esteemed almost of bit and saddle, is unknown. The nearer we 



everywhere at his true worth as a domestic come to civilized nations the more we find a 



animal ; and yet he still comes too often in change. It is in the centers of civilization, in 



contact with that instrument of temper and the great cities of Europe and America, that 



tyranny, the zakip. It is remarkable that in we see drivers of drays and cabs lashing their 



lands where the horse lives nearest to his weary, worn-out, or overloaded horses. 'J7ns 



master, in close companionship and hourly domestic animal, at least, deserves better 



service, the use of whip and spur, sometimes treatment. 



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