Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ; and ere long the new fashion willbecome old, and the old will become new again; and thusone change will follow another interminably, as whim or ca-price may dictate, showing that stability is not the thingdesired or sought after. The Frenchman says, as an excusefor plunging into a revolution, that he wishes disturbances tobe over, that he may attend to his business; and there istruth in this, for he wishes one commotion to pass, that hemay enjoy another: his very life is commotion. But frogs are a happy people, and so are th
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ; and ere long the new fashion willbecome old, and the old will become new again; and thusone change will follow another interminably, as whim or ca-price may dictate, showing that stability is not the thingdesired or sought after. The Frenchman says, as an excusefor plunging into a revolution, that he wishes disturbances tobe over, that he may attend to his business; and there istruth in this, for he wishes one commotion to pass, that hemay enjoy another: his very life is commotion. But frogs are a happy people, and so are the French whenthe men they choose for rulers resemble frogs, and not alliga-tors. Marat and Robespierre resembled vultures ; but others,more common and less cruel and cowardly than they, resem-ble lizards, animals that rule by the power of the tail, as was THE FROG-. described in the chapter concerning the rhinoceros. In theface of Louis XYI., here represented on the right, there is avery strong resemblance tothe frog, and everything thatis moral and much that is.
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