Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . s never revoked. Thepunishment must come if ever the opportunity offers; hisduty must be discharged. In the East, he is chosen to exe-cute the laws. There is no variety of execution short of in-fernal that he is not prepared to inflict. The man who is so wanting in Sensibili-ty as to play a hoaxupon the elephant,will have it dingedinto him by the ele-phants trunk if everhe comes within thereach of that flexibleinstrument. By theelephant, be it un-derstood, we meanthe man who resem-bles the elephant,andby the rhinoceros the man
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . s never revoked. Thepunishment must come if ever the opportunity offers; hisduty must be discharged. In the East, he is chosen to exe-cute the laws. There is no variety of execution short of in-fernal that he is not prepared to inflict. The man who is so wanting in Sensibili-ty as to play a hoaxupon the elephant,will have it dingedinto him by the ele-phants trunk if everhe comes within thereach of that flexibleinstrument. By theelephant, be it un-derstood, we meanthe man who resem-bles the elephant,andby the rhinoceros the man who resembles the rhinoceros. The animal we are now speaking of may be styled the Ex-ecutive. He is the veryembodiment of physicalforce. As the rhinocerosrepresents Endurance, sodoes the elephant representEffectiveness. Like an im-mense water-wheel, he rolls,and tumbles, and pours thewater over him; and the an-imu8 which he applies, orthe motive-power, is like wa-ter tumbling over a precipice, to which his forehead and de-scending trunk bear a close
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