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Horse‑Trainer Adage
A spare proverb drawn from horse‑training lore—summarized as tempering steel through fire—uttered as a rhetorical tool aboard the Enterprise. The line lands like a struck bell: Picard invokes it to steel debate, Riker pushes its pragmatic edge, and the senior officers recoil, rethink, and reach a brittle compromise that sets Wesley's trial in motion.
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Purpose
A rhetorical device used to justify and frame an argument for accelerated, high‑risk experiential training for a cadet; functions to persuade decision‑makers by reframing danger as necessary tempering.
Significance
Acts as the thematic hinge of the mentorship debate: it crystallizes the ship's approach to Wesley (both forge and cradle), forces a tacit compromise among senior officers, and foreshadows the moral and practical tests that will define Wesley's development.
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