Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . y of the drunkard frombeginning to end. Who does not know of the cruelties in-flicted upon wives and children, and the destruction of everytender and merciful feeling in the human heart, by an indul-gence of the appetite of which we are speaking? There is something natu-ral in the fondness of theanalytical Frenchman forsubstances in a state of de-composition. As he is al-ways in the process of fer-mentation and ebullition,it is appropriate that heshould make external mat-ters and things correspond,and that he should have anapp
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . y of the drunkard frombeginning to end. Who does not know of the cruelties in-flicted upon wives and children, and the destruction of everytender and merciful feeling in the human heart, by an indul-gence of the appetite of which we are speaking? There is something natu-ral in the fondness of theanalytical Frenchman forsubstances in a state of de-composition. As he is al-ways in the process of fer-mentation and ebullition,it is appropriate that heshould make external mat-ters and things correspond,and that he should have anappetite for tainted meat,and a taste for wine: andif we have a correct ver-sion of his history, he hasproved himself suspicious, cowardly, and cruel. We see astrong resemblance to the vulture in the preceding portrait, Marat, who, on suspiciononly, and because he wasexcessively cowardly andcruel, caused multitudesof his countrymen to bearrested, imprisoned, andguillotined. His ambi-tion was to become a ter-ror, and to inspire cowards with awe — the only reverence.
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