Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 52
ment with a grunt. But let us turn from this example of thebrute creation to another that is very like him, and yet in acertain sense the very opposite. THE ELEPHANT. 49 CHAPTER VI. … What executioner is this, come to wield his monstrous lash,more effective than the club of Hercules? He is inclined to try the stability of thosemathematical certaintieswhich the rhinocerosputs his trust in — to feelthe ground upon whichhe treads, and to makeimpressions on defencesthat bid defiance…
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