Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . tion ; in that peculiarly-shaped nose, which indicates the abil-ity to run itself into the ground ; and in that general resem-blance to the long-lipped bear which indicates extraordinarylaziness, and the disposition, and thence the necessity, of. sharing in the prey that is taken by the more courageous andnoble of the species. The same dispositions, if the}T did notfollow so closely upon the hog as to produce a literary turn,and were not so ursine as to produce an indisposition to physi-cal exertion, would make the petty despo
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . tion ; in that peculiarly-shaped nose, which indicates the abil-ity to run itself into the ground ; and in that general resem-blance to the long-lipped bear which indicates extraordinarylaziness, and the disposition, and thence the necessity, of. sharing in the prey that is taken by the more courageous andnoble of the species. The same dispositions, if the}T did notfollow so closely upon the hog as to produce a literary turn,and were not so ursine as to produce an indisposition to physi-cal exertion, would make the petty despot, lording it on hisown domains, like the autocrat of Russia on his, supportedand kept in power by the labor and indulgence of others. One of the marks of degeneracy in the bear and in theYankee is a peculiar flat-headedness, the result of too near anapproximation to the hog. This indicates a flat, in the 196 COMPARATIVE rHYSIOGNOMY. ordinary acceptation of the term, when applied to is a Yankee loafer that is allowed to belong to the class
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