Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . uperior to that of any other of itskind. It is to be expected that the country that is best forthe cock should favor a likeness to that animal in man, andshould develop national characteristics founded in that resem-blance. The same principle holds true with regard to the ox,the hog, the bear, the goose, the swan, the frog, the dog, andwe believe with regard to all the other animals that have beenmentioned. The people who resemble a particular animalnaturally prefer the country that is suited to that animal, butdo not always l
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . uperior to that of any other of itskind. It is to be expected that the country that is best forthe cock should favor a likeness to that animal in man, andshould develop national characteristics founded in that resem-blance. The same principle holds true with regard to the ox,the hog, the bear, the goose, the swan, the frog, the dog, andwe believe with regard to all the other animals that have beenmentioned. The people who resemble a particular animalnaturally prefer the country that is suited to that animal, butdo not always live there ; and as it is the animal that becomessuited to the country, and not the country to the animal, wemay suppose that it is the man that becomes suited to theanimal, and not the animal to the man. THE GOAT. 287 CHAPTEE XXXIY. Among the variety of human faces a resemblance to thegoat is very frequently to be met with. This resemblance isplainly discoverable in the face of Sforza; and the prominenttraits in the character of the goat are easily traced in Large combative faculties, energy, perseverance, and precis-ion, are discoverable at a single glance. In the man who re-sembles the goat, the most prominent traits are indicated inthe most prominent part of the countenance. In these twoprofiles the ridge of the nose is distinguished for somethingmore than prominence and convexity: it has a peculiarity ofits own, indicating a manner of exercising the combative fac-ulties that may be called dogmatic. Pugilism in a nose likethis takes a particular direction : the bent of the reasoningfaculties is indicated in a certain bend of the nose, which fur-nishes a sort of channel for dispute and polemical doctors and lawyers of the olden time are representedalways with features iike these; and because the representa- 288 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. tions are thus true to life, they seem like portraits. In suchnoses and in such a form of the ridge of the eyebrow as th
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