Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 188
hat the coming hog islooking for and cant see till he has hit it with his nose, wheninstantly he seizes upon it with all the interest of a new dis-covery. It may not be amiss to inquire why a person who is su-premely selfish should be in so destitute and miserable acondition. It is simply this: his… … filch from the soil the decaying vegetables and the offal thathad been placed there for the production of verdure. Heseizes first upon that which is thrown away, as being thatwhich is most likely to be lost if he does not get it; by thismeans he expects to acquire the world, for he knows that…
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