Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . room for themanliness, should belong to him. It is as easily seen that theFrenchwomen are uncommonly masculine as that the menare feminine. There is more true heroism in the charactersof Joan of Arc and Charlotte Cord ay than in all the men ofFrance that have ever lived. Madame Eoland would havegoverned France more wisely and more nobly than that coun-try was ever governed: but it so happens that in countrieswhere women have none of the qualities of statesmen theyare made queens, and where they are possessed of these quali-tie
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . room for themanliness, should belong to him. It is as easily seen that theFrenchwomen are uncommonly masculine as that the menare feminine. There is more true heroism in the charactersof Joan of Arc and Charlotte Cord ay than in all the men ofFrance that have ever lived. Madame Eoland would havegoverned France more wisely and more nobly than that coun-try was ever governed: but it so happens that in countrieswhere women have none of the qualities of statesmen theyare made queens, and where they are possessed of these quali-ties they are made to stand aside and give place to Frenchwoman presented on the following page shouldbe contrasted with the Frenchman preceding: in dress andeverything she is less feminine than he; she has very muchthe appearance of the cow, because of the relation betweenthe English and the French, and yet she is thoroughly French,and has a strong resemblance to the outer integument of the Frenchman has a wonderful 236 COMPARATIVE tendency to be puffed out: pads, bustles, balloons, and airynothings, show the nature of the aspirations by which he expects to make his greatnessequal to his desires. What itis that his soul lives on, asidefrom the breath of popular ap-plause, it would be difficult totell: it is as great a mysteryas the life of a frog, that seemsto live on air. Ambition is theruling passion of the French-man ; he spreads his sails, andfills them with his own breath,for he can rarify small praiseinto an immense volume, andit is his business to rarify andrefine. Like the frogs in a pond, each one endeavors to beheard above the rest, though the bull-frog orator is loudest ofthem all. Yet it is remarkable that when one strikes a notethe others join him, to the end that they may be heard to singin concert by the outside listeners. But as everything which is not loved for its own sake soonbegets weariness and disgust, change is earnestly d
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