Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 140
stood the principle of symmetry; and that they were called Centaurs, or Bull-killers, is further proof of this, for theThessalians were accustomed to hunt the bull on horseback.When the Indians first saw the Spaniards on horseback, theysaw them as centaurs; they beheld in the man and the horsea… … 138 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. to divide the body — much more when the soul, whose unityis indicated by that of the body, is present in it. It couldnot be permitted to man to commit so horrible a sacrilege asto break a bone of the body of our Savior. One feels that itwould be a kind of profanation to…
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