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From the Houyhnhnms’ perspective, it is remarkable that humans could learn and reason since they attribute those abilities only to horses. Because he lacks the worldly knowledge Gulliver possesses, the master horse has trouble conceiving of other societies. The fact that their language lacks even the word for ‘lie’ proves just how honest Houyhnhnm society must be. Again, Gulliver contradicts his professed devotion to complete truthfulness. The care Gulliver takes to keep up the Houyhnhnms’ illusions about his clothes isn’t strictly a lie but it is certainly an evasion of truth. By agreeing to keep the truth about Gulliver’s clothes a secret, the master horse sympathizes with his perspective, understanding Gulliver’s desire to distance himself from the Yahoos. The European and Houyhnhmn societies possess exactly opposite perspectives on the superiority of humans vs. animals. Gulliver uses his worldly knowledge (his experience of both European and Houyhnhmn society) to try and help the master horse understand the European perspective.