19s HOW OBEDIENOK IS TAUttHT 



^y what means the horse is taught obedience. 



Man, tlie principal feature of whose character 

 is vanity, has given rise to the proverb : /Self love 

 is the Jeep to the heart. The horse has no vanity 

 and cannot be overcome by adulation, but he like- 

 wise obeys the principle that love is inspired by 

 that which is useful and that pleasure is the useful 

 thing which creates love. Pleasure and utility pre- 

 dispose him to love and confidence and to the 

 acceptance of obedience. 



His susceptibility to being rendered obedient 

 and our power of giving the feeling of the duty 

 of obedience to the horse arise from his instinct 

 (common to all animals) of seeMng that which gi- 

 ves ])leasure and fearinc/ and fleeing that which 

 gives 2)ain, from his feeling pleasure from good 

 treatment and disideasure, 2)ain and fear from pu- 

 nishment. The means which serve to make Mm 

 feel 2>le(tsure and pain are our various aids and 

 2)unishtnents. 



