Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . the lion and the eagle, and the cat and the owl, causesthat the person who resembles the beast should resemble also the bird, and vice versa. But the ostrich, and the man who resembles him too liter-ally?— A horse, unaided by the cunning and prudence of therider, can no more overtake the one, than reason can overtakethe other. The sandy desert which you will have to traverse,if you follow in his footsteps, will not furnish you with a single THE OSTRICH. 57 oasis to gladden the eye or to refresh the exhausted ther
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . the lion and the eagle, and the cat and the owl, causesthat the person who resembles the beast should resemble also the bird, and vice versa. But the ostrich, and the man who resembles him too liter-ally?— A horse, unaided by the cunning and prudence of therider, can no more overtake the one, than reason can overtakethe other. The sandy desert which you will have to traverse,if you follow in his footsteps, will not furnish you with a single THE OSTRICH. 57 oasis to gladden the eye or to refresh the exhausted there is none, but only a vast sea of sand ; and insteadof genial warmth, there is burning heat, that withers everyverdant thing, and destroys the life. If this strange bird canlive there, others can not, and it is because he is adapted to asituation that to others would be a place of torment. Most persons can tell you without much hesitation whatanimal they are most fond of, but this is not so with the personwho resembles the ostrich. He never saw the animal that.
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