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The South American uses the horse which the European brought better than the European.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The South American uses the horse which the European brought better than the European.”
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Bagehot points out that South Americans have adapted to using horses brought by Europeans more effectively than the Europeans themselves.
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