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".... there is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham...."
— Black Beauty, Chapter 13, last paragraph.
Is there anything more to add?... No, there isn’t. It is as simple as that and that is how this extraordinary horse named Black Beauty knew how to live his life: with love and understanding. Not once, as hard as it was for him or as badly he was treated, did he had the slightest bad thought about anyone. This beast understood what for so many of us it is so hard to understand that beings are what they are they can only behave, and feel, and act the way they do. No anger, no criticism, no hater is of any use as they can only make things worse. Love, understanding, good will and reason will be always more helpful. Not adventures of any kind make Black Beauty’s story extraordinary, but the way he knows how to face the trials of life…