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Jerry Barker
Farmer Grey is Black Beauty’s breeder and first owner. He’s a kind and generous man who treats his horses almost like they’re his own children. When Squire Gordon expresses interest in purchasing Black Beauty, Farmer Grey insists on breaking Black Beauty himself, when the colt is old enough. Once Black Beauty moves to Birtwick, he discovers that along with Squire Gordon, Farmer Grey has been influential in the local movement to get people to stop using bearing reins.
The Master/Farmer Grey Quotes in Black Beauty
The Black Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by The Master/Farmer Grey or refer to The Master/Farmer Grey. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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“But,” said she, “there are a great many kinds of men; there are good, thoughtful men like our master, that any horse may be proud to serve; but there are bad, cruel men, who never ought to have a horse or dog to call their own. Besides, there are a great many foolish men, vain, ignorant, and careless, who never trouble themselves to think; these spoil more horses than all, just for want of sense; they don’t mean it, but they do it for all that.”
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The Master/Farmer Grey Quotes in Black Beauty
The Black Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by The Master/Farmer Grey or refer to The Master/Farmer Grey. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3
Quotes
“But,” said she, “there are a great many kinds of men; there are good, thoughtful men like our master, that any horse may be proud to serve; but there are bad, cruel men, who never ought to have a horse or dog to call their own. Besides, there are a great many foolish men, vain, ignorant, and careless, who never trouble themselves to think; these spoil more horses than all, just for want of sense; they don’t mean it, but they do it for all that.”
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