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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: into each other are broad and smooth, so as to play freely at the
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[9] "Behaves compliantly."
That a horse takes pleasure in swift movement, may be shown
conclusively. As soon as he has got his liberty, he sets off at a trot
or gallop, never at a walking pace; so natural and instinctive a
pleasure does this action afford him, if he is not forced to perform
it to excess; since it is true of horse and man alike that nothing is
pleasant if carried to excess.[10]
[10] L. Dind. cf. Eur. "Med." 128, {ta de' uperballont oudena kairon}.
But now suppose he has attained to the grand style when ridden--we
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