Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 97
earer to it, and nearer to theFinal Cause to which they tend. 94 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. CHAPTER XY. What distance Lave you made ? is equivalent to Whatprogress? Lengtli is synonymous with advancement — aswhen we say that a gooses head is six inches in advance ofhis body. In the neck of the goose… … comprehends distance; if it were not so, he could not make asuccessful coup detat upon the frog — a creature that in meas-uring distances demonstrates perfectly that measurement,while it is synonymous with distance, is synonymous also withprogression. A strip of something, a stripling, and…
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