Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 30
very opposite of magnanimity—it is from a faculty that may be called meanness. This fac-ulty has a large sign in the lion; but as it aspires to be the THE LION. 27 servant, and to do the bidding of Magnanimity and of all thehigher faculties, the lion stands for nobility in the human race,as his… … tinguish this animal are suitable to royalty. Of the Britishsovereigns, William the Conqueror, William II., Henry L,Richard I., King John, Edward I., Richard II., Richard III.,James I., William III., and George I., have the lion stronglymarked in their countenances; while nearly all the rest havea…
Physiognomy
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