The Last American Man (2009)
“CHAPTER SEVEN Before him lies a boundless continent, and he urges forward as if time pressed and he was afraid of finding no room for his exertions.
—Alexis de Tocqueville Eustace owns ten horses at the moment. He’s the first to admit that owning ten horses is absurd and decadent and completely unnecessary for the size of his little farm, but he can’t refuse them when they’re as beautiful as these.
Now, I’ve been around horses. I grew up with people who were magic with horses. My grandf...ather ran a fine stable, and I’ve worked on a ranch owned by a man who kept his seventy-five horses in line without the least bit of effort, but I have never seen anybody more naturally gifted with horses than Eustace. Horses listen to him. They pay attention. When Eustace walks through his pastures, the horses look up from their grazing to watch him pass, holding still, awaiting word—a devoted harem, a clutch of hopeful brides.
Which is all the more impressive considering that Eustace didn’t grow up with horses and he didn’t own one until ten years ago.MoreLess
—Alexis de Tocqueville Eustace owns ten horses at the moment. He’s the first to admit that owning ten horses is absurd and decadent and completely unnecessary for the size of his little farm, but he can’t refuse them when they’re as beautiful as these.
Now, I’ve been around horses. I grew up with people who were magic with horses. My grandf...ather ran a fine stable, and I’ve worked on a ranch owned by a man who kept his seventy-five horses in line without the least bit of effort, but I have never seen anybody more naturally gifted with horses than Eustace. Horses listen to him. They pay attention. When Eustace walks through his pastures, the horses look up from their grazing to watch him pass, holding still, awaiting word—a devoted harem, a clutch of hopeful brides.
Which is all the more impressive considering that Eustace didn’t grow up with horses and he didn’t own one until ten years ago.MoreLess
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