Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 138
well as in other things. The prince ofdarkness may throw over his hideous shape some thin dis-guises, but he knows that they only who desire external beauty,without the internal, will be deceived thereby. But this, un-fortunately, includes all, for we are so selfish as to wish toappear better than… … try are attributed to her in a greater degree than to man.The artist derives from her his ideas of what is pure, perfect,and celestial. She is morefond of beauty than man —she is more congenial withit, and hence she is morebeautiful. In our illustrationof this we must not descendinto everything —…
Physiognomy
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