For the plainest of all reasons, I answer: for the reason that a horse is property by the universal consent of mankind, by the recognition of every civilized court in Christendom, without any positive law declaring it to be the subject of ownership.
Mann contrasts the status of a horse as property with that of a man, highlighting the need for legal recognition of ownership.
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