Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 54
theinstrument that man produces. There is a resemblance tothe elephant, not only in those who make an extensive appli-cation of machinery, but in those who invent it. The inferior class whobear this resemblance,are suited physically toperform the function ofexecutioners, and to bethe instruments of… … 52 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. girded as the executors and as the labor-saving machineryof the world from time immemorial. This is doubtless inBOme di gree B perversion of the grand principle which theyillustrate, but it shows an instinctive recognition of this resem-blance, not only in those who make…
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