I Am Never Afraid Of

God Had Given Men Reason, By Which They Could Find Out Things For Themselves, But He Had Given Animals Knowledge Which Did Not Depend On Reason, And Which Was Much More Prompt And Perfect In Its Way, And By Which They Had Often Saved The Lives Of Men.

Oh! If People Knew What A Comfort To A Horse A Light Hand Is.

Give Me The Handling Of A Horse For Twenty Minutes, And I'll Tell You What Sort Of A Groom He Has Had.

Do You Know Why This World Is As Bad As It Is?... It Is Because People Think Only About Their Own Business, And Won't Trouble Themselves To Stand Up For The Oppressed, Nor Bring The Wrong-doers To Light... My Doctrine Is This, That If We See Cruelty Or Wrong That We Have The Power To Stop, And Do Nothing, We Make Ourselves Sharers In The Guilt.

He Has Known Joy And Violence. Felt The Warmth Of Children And The Cruelty Of Abuse. He Has Nearly Died Saving Lives And Merely Been Killed By A Drunken Act. He Has Known The Finery Of Grand Estates And The Filth Of Stinking Slums. He Has Survived Fire And Flood, Starvation And Torment. And Nothing Could Break His Spirit-or His Great Love. This Is His Life. He Is Called The Horse.