Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . of love. The disposition whichmore than anything else renders the goat a disgusting animal,is indicated in the breadth of his lower jaw, his peculiar odor,his prominent sacrum, the action of his head in the directionof the lower jaw, and the wanton manners, or whimsicalvivacity, before alluded to. This, together with the fondnessfor external objects and for the gratification of the senses, ren-ders the person who resembles the goat exceedingly sensual,and a very perfect example of the lusts of the flesh, the lustof the eye, an
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . of love. The disposition whichmore than anything else renders the goat a disgusting animal,is indicated in the breadth of his lower jaw, his peculiar odor,his prominent sacrum, the action of his head in the directionof the lower jaw, and the wanton manners, or whimsicalvivacity, before alluded to. This, together with the fondnessfor external objects and for the gratification of the senses, ren-ders the person who resembles the goat exceedingly sensual,and a very perfect example of the lusts of the flesh, the lustof the eye, and the pride of life. Amativeness, with nothing to counteract it, and with sub-terfuge and suspicion to favor it, leads to filthiness of theflesh, and to stimulant heats of fermentation and bedsof filth, where whatever is engendered is the vilest of theanimal creation, together with pestilence, contagion, and dis-ease. But this is applicable only to those who resemble the goatof the stable (see next page) more than the wild, and free, and COMPARATIVE
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