Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 55
nd 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 a slave of the negro, butin the negro himself. There… … The elephant exhibits this beauty of adaptation the veryclay that he is captured; he takes to service almost immediately, which can be said of no other animal. His suscepti-bility of improvement is uncommonly great. This is true ofthe African, and hence he is capable of attaining to the high-est…
Physiognomy
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