Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . THE GOAT. 291 to rise includes this faculty, together with the love of emi-nence, indicated in the elevation of the wing of the nostril bythe muscle called the levator love of climbing may be sostrongly excited as to produce an in-flammation of the membrane thatlines the frontal sinus in the placewhich indicates this faculty, and inthis case there is pain and distressin that portion of the forehead. Thisremark is applicable to the personof whom this is a profile, and whose synonym, if we mistake not, is amountain-goat
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . THE GOAT. 291 to rise includes this faculty, together with the love of emi-nence, indicated in the elevation of the wing of the nostril bythe muscle called the levator love of climbing may be sostrongly excited as to produce an in-flammation of the membrane thatlines the frontal sinus in the placewhich indicates this faculty, and inthis case there is pain and distressin that portion of the forehead. Thisremark is applicable to the personof whom this is a profile, and whose synonym, if we mistake not, is amountain-goat. The faculty of weightis intimately related to the love ofclimbing — and hence Nature hasgiven to animals fond of clamber-ing heavy horns, as in the case of the ibex. In the examplebefore us, Nature has slung, not a bottle, but a horn —. upon each side, To keep his balance true. There is a sympathetic spirit between these two, the personand the animal.
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