Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 17
harac-ter, embodied in the form of some animal, shows what foun-dation this department of Physiognomy has in nature and inthe human mind, and how easily and naturally it is learned.It is not probable that the American Indians are indebted toour modern civilization for an observation of those… … BEASTS AND BIRDS. 15 man is much higher than our own, we will here state that,in our opinion, the essential attributes of a human beingelevate him to a point be-yond comparison with theanimal creation. The termman, in its highest sense,is synonymous with angel.Men are not born, and per-adventure we…
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