Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 130
erest-ing in the eye of anartist. Just such a curve in the road, just such a clump oftrees, and just such a house, as excites the attention of a horse,attracts the artist, and he looks upon it as the result of aninspiration in the mind of somebody. Inspiration is, indeed, the origin of art. Nature… … 128 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. ful in Nature, as in the fox and the cat, is detestable in humanbeings. It is the province of the higher art to render subser-vient whatever is artful in the natural character. The facul-ties of imposture, intrigue, dissembling, and cunning, are con-verted by it into…
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