Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 100
absurd. Short, duck-legged people, too,have a sense of the ludicrous when they are as Nature de-signed them to be. The wild goose and duck double up theirnecks while standing, and thrust them out when they are anx-ious to go ahead. The people who resemble them are fondof ridiculing those who… … 98 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. but their short legs have never the office of running ascribedto them. It is as absurd for short things to travel, as for longones to stand still. This renders the goose and the duckdoubly ridiculous. It is the short and long together thatmakes a person awkward and…
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