Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . the nobler varieties of dogs. They are either remarkable fortheir stanch integrity and tenacious adherence to the princi- THE DOG. 261 pies of honor and uprightness, or they are noted for theirtenacity of purpose, right or wrong, and in pursuit of theirvictims are like Spanish bloodhounds; or they answer betterstill to the description of Cerberus at the gate of hell. Theman who resembles the shepherds dog is by perversion con-verted into a resemblance to the wolf. His affection forsheep, or in other words for innocence and vir
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . the nobler varieties of dogs. They are either remarkable fortheir stanch integrity and tenacious adherence to the princi- THE DOG. 261 pies of honor and uprightness, or they are noted for theirtenacity of purpose, right or wrong, and in pursuit of theirvictims are like Spanish bloodhounds; or they answer betterstill to the description of Cerberus at the gate of hell. Theman who resembles the shepherds dog is by perversion con-verted into a resemblance to the wolf. His affection forsheep, or in other words for innocence and virtue, is convert-ed into the appetite for mutton, or the desire to seduce andto devour that which it is his duty to protect. He has in hisface a look of innocence, like that which he lives upon, butwhich he changes into its opposite. He is the wolf insheeps clothing. He looks u sheepish, in a sense that canhardly be distinguished from wolfish, and when he lookswith admiration upon unstained beauty in the opposite sexyou can see in him an evil eye like that which i
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