Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . of reasoning, degenerate into a resemblanceto the cameleon, the most harmless and beautiful of lizards,as the tree-toad is the most harmless and beautiful of can look at the following portrait of a Frenchman, andnot say that it is a genuine character, a distinct genus,drawn to the life ? Would you not know by those feet andhands that he had wonderful powers of clinging to whatever 250 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. lie takes hold of? That right arm has the peculiar thrustthat is observed in the right fore-leg of the camele
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . of reasoning, degenerate into a resemblanceto the cameleon, the most harmless and beautiful of lizards,as the tree-toad is the most harmless and beautiful of can look at the following portrait of a Frenchman, andnot say that it is a genuine character, a distinct genus,drawn to the life ? Would you not know by those feet andhands that he had wonderful powers of clinging to whatever 250 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. lie takes hold of? That right arm has the peculiar thrustthat is observed in the right fore-leg of the cameleon, and it is evidently grasping the con-tents of his pocket. That leftarm has the very same char-acter that is observed in thecorresponding member of thequadruped. That left leg—how admirably it imitates theleft that sets itself down onthe limb of the tree! and theright, how like in characterto the one that forms the ba-sis of support, and insuressafety to the cameleon! andeven the coat-tail adds ama-zingly to the resemblance, inthe manner of its descent from.
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