Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ard, of the feeling ofhunger and of tormenting thirst? Appetite, therefore, is thevery opposite of Insensibility, and, to indicate this, is assignedto an opposite position in the body. When Appetite grows strong, it dispenses with Insensibilityaltogether. It makes use of teeth, tongue, claws, &c, to sur-prise its food, and tosses up its head in perfect contempt ofthe pretensions of its former lord. It grows bold, saucy, and Tin: RHINOCEROS. 45 independent, and says of the tail, that it is no great shakes,after all! The consequ
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ard, of the feeling ofhunger and of tormenting thirst? Appetite, therefore, is thevery opposite of Insensibility, and, to indicate this, is assignedto an opposite position in the body. When Appetite grows strong, it dispenses with Insensibilityaltogether. It makes use of teeth, tongue, claws, &c, to sur-prise its food, and tosses up its head in perfect contempt ofthe pretensions of its former lord. It grows bold, saucy, and Tin: RHINOCEROS. 45 independent, and says of the tail, that it is no great shakes,after all! The consequence of this is, that it turns out asAppetite says: Insensibility is obliged to withdraw from thetail into the body, that he may receive a portion of the nour-ishment that Appetite would otherwise appropriate entirely toits own use. He reasons, with regard to the state of the case,by the method called a posteriori. He considers himself therightful sovereign; and though he does what he can to con-ciliate Appetite, he has no notion of consenting to a He makes a virtue of necessity, and becomes on familiar termswith the servants that he was formerly in the habit of chas-tising. He lets down his dignity wonderfully —deserts thetail, which, like a pile without inhabitant, to ruin runs, andtakes up his residence in the back. But the less of a gentleman he becomes, the more selfish is 4G ilAKATIVi; PHYSIOGNOMY. lie. lie converts the body into a fortification; he builds ona larger BCale, and in a style of greater magnificence, thanbefore — a sure index of his waning fortunes. He is swayedby tear, and what he does is an indication of it; he substitutesgrasping cupidity for the title of sovereign in just the degreethat his sceptre is in danger of being wrested from him; hepart- witli his courage and magnanimity as a prince with hisBceptre and his crown. Fear draws him into close commu-nion with Appetite, and enlarges headquarters for Lis recep-tion. Finally, he becomes th
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