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Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength,

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"Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength, nor ride him till he is weary, but a little at a time and often"

- William Cavendish

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