Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 114
evidence of the senses ; for it seeks to destroy — it aims at an-nihilation. The French are like the frog in the well, thatjumped three feet forward every day, and fell back two everynight; for when they have been stimulated to take a step for-ward, they wish instantly to return to the past. The… … CHAPTER XVIII. There are vulgar people who are fond of tracing in the hu-man face a likeness to the calf, as we should infer fromtheir frequent application of this epithet to juveniles of theirown species. We would inquire of them if this individuallooks as if he had been rearedon milk, and were…
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