. Next to the ground; chronicles of a countryside. Natural history. Chapter XI. ENIUS is rare, common sense rarer still, horse sense rarest of all. Horse sense is a two-edged phrase. The pity of it that men never know horses intuitively, un- erringly as horses know men ! No less than a poet, a horseman must be born, and get fine making afterward. The proportion of horsemen to horse masters is about as one to five thousand, yet only the horseman born and made can fitly master a creature so worthy and so wise. Horse sense upon both sides is really know- ledge distilled by time and love into wisd
. Next to the ground; chronicles of a countryside. Natural history. Chapter XI. ENIUS is rare, common sense rarer still, horse sense rarest of all. Horse sense is a two-edged phrase. The pity of it that men never know horses intuitively, un- erringly as horses know men ! No less than a poet, a horseman must be born, and get fine making afterward. The proportion of horsemen to horse masters is about as one to five thousand, yet only the horseman born and made can fitly master a creature so worthy and so wise. Horse sense upon both sides is really know- ledge distilled by time and love into wisdom. Upon the human side the first essential of it is negative — you must simply not know how to be afraid of anything on four hoofs. Next comes generous kindness, next justice strongly tempered with mercy. Horses are very wise. They understand when punishment comes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McCulloch-Williams, Martha, b. ca. 1857. New York, McClure, Philips & Co.
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