Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 198
tion ; in that peculiarly-shaped nose, which indicates the abil-ity to run itself into the ground ; and in that general resem-blance to the long-lipped bear which indicates extraordinarylaziness, and the disposition, and thence the necessity, of … sharing in the prey that is taken by the more courageous andnoble of the species. The same dispositions, if the}T did notfollow so closely upon the hog as to produce a literary turn,and were not so ursine as to produce an indisposition to physi-cal exertion, would make the petty despot, lording it…
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