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his reasoning faculties work in the same way, sub- 

 ject always to the limitations implied by the law 

 already stated, that they do differ, and differ a 

 great deal, in degree. Hence, as we would nat- 

 urally expect, the horse reasons a great deal more 

 from experience and a great deal less from observa- 

 tion than man does. Indeed, horses that reason 

 from observation, to any noteworthy extent, are 

 rare. 



A very familiar evidence of this limitation is 

 seen in the halter-breaking of colts. The little 

 colt, when first tied up, is tied by a halter that 

 he cannot possibly break and (reasoning wholly 

 from this experience and in nowise from what he 

 observes) it does not thereafter occur to him that 

 he can break away, even if tied by a rope that he 

 could snap like a thread. By the same principles 

 he is taught the needed lessons in docility and 

 obedience in other respects. But suppose that 

 some time, when a little restive and tied by a weak 

 halter, he does break his halter-rope. If he 

 fully realizes what he has done, he will try the 

 same thing again, even if tied with a rope strong 

 enough to hold a ship. 



It is in this way that bad habits are formed. 

 The well-broken horse is kind because, whenever 

 he attempted to do as he pleased, he found his 

 master's will superior to his own. He learns a 



