THE MIND OP 'I'UE HOUSE 23 



give him tliem again. By showing him the oat 

 sieve you make him expect something that is 

 good. 



Bj^ placing him anew in circumstances and po- 

 sitions in which he was able to obey his own im- 

 pulses we give rise in him to the idea and desire 

 of following oiTt his own impulses anew which is 

 an idea Ave should not give him and should not 

 allow others to give him. 



When one is not yet sutiiciently master of 

 the horse to be able to hold him back it is requi- 

 site that he should not be allowed to pass on to 

 the threshold of his stable so as not to give him 

 the idea and temptation of entering. If he has 

 been in a position to carry out any independent 

 action and has been allowed to do so he ahvays 

 remembers having been able to do so and for this 

 reason conceives the idea and the will of doing 

 so again. 



If he has been able or allowed to swerve 

 once or go aside from an object Avhich inspired 

 him with fear he conceives the idea of being able 

 to swerve in this Avay and desires to do so Avhene- 



