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useful men and women. It has been said that this 

 is owing to the grace of God, rather than to any 

 wise management on the part of man; and in a 

 certain sense, this is doubtless true, for, by the 

 term, we must understand the grace which under- 

 lies all physical and social evolution, causing the 

 survival of that which is fittest and best and the 

 ultimate domination of good over evil. But bad 

 handling, nevertheless, causes a great deal of evil 

 that would not otherwise exist; it is cruel as well 

 as unscientific and responsible for nearly all the 

 vices that are formed by horses. And when we 

 reflect that the horse, our inferior in intelligence, 

 is unable (except in a very limited way) to learn 

 our language, it is clearly up to us to learn his 

 and when we wish him to do any particular thing, 

 to show him, in a way that he cannot fail to under- 

 stand, what it is that we require of him. 



