Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 240
noble to confide in, with nothing to distrust; but in the like-ness to the left, that carries an impression of a relationshipto the crocodile, there is something forbidding and formida-ble, which a man should give heed to. Look at the eye andjaws of that crocodile, counterpoised by a tail that may… … any moment take upon itself the functions of the other ex-tremity ; and look at those feet that are formed to go back-ward or forward, according as the supreme power shall be 238 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. transferred to one extremity or the other—and say if there isanything in the physiognomy of…
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