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Read & copy
“But still I say, do your best wherever it is, and keep up your good name.”
Meaning & context
Black Beauty’s mother advises steady good conduct even when circumstances and future owners cannot be controlled.
Source details
Black Beauty, Part I, Chapter 3, “My Breaking In,” Project Gutenberg #271. Black Beauty’s mother advises him to do his best and keep his good name after warning that horses may pass into kind, careless or cruel human hands. The equine narrator and animal-welfare context remain explicit.