Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . essential of art, 132 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. the philosopher as well as the poet must be an artist. As thehorse, too, is a form of art, lie may represent the philosopheras well as the sculptor aud the painter. The man who excelsin either of the departments of art is deficient in neither ofthe talents referred to. In this portrait of a sage who com-bined them all in a super-eminent degree, and whosays also that the horse cor-responds to reason or reflec-tion, we observe a resem-blance to that animal. \Yesee it in the look, th
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . essential of art, 132 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. the philosopher as well as the poet must be an artist. As thehorse, too, is a form of art, lie may represent the philosopheras well as the sculptor aud the painter. The man who excelsin either of the departments of art is deficient in neither ofthe talents referred to. In this portrait of a sage who com-bined them all in a super-eminent degree, and whosays also that the horse cor-responds to reason or reflec-tion, we observe a resem-blance to that animal. \Yesee it in the look, the air,the spirit that animates thecountenance, as well as inthe position and cast of thefeatures. He reminds us ofa horse that gallops longand free, with a distant ob-ject in view — ambitious,hopeful, confident, perseve-ring— with his eye in the face of the sun, which is the objectin the horizon toward which he is tending. The bold and suc-cessful discoverer in the unexplored regions of science andphilosophy is well represented by a horse racing steadily over.
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