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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: anything when he was young; look at his nostrils and his ears,
the shape of his neck and shoulder; there's a deal of breeding
about that horse." He put out his hand and gave me a kind pat on the neck.
I put out my nose in answer to his kindness; the boy stroked my face.
"Poor old fellow! see, grandpapa, how well he understands kindness.
Could not you buy him and make him young again as you did with Ladybird?"
"My dear boy, I can't make all old horses young; besides,
Ladybird was not so very old, as she was run down and badly used."
"Well, grandpapa, I don't believe that this one is old;
look at his mane and tail. I wish you would look into his mouth,
and then you could tell; though he is so very thin,
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