Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ntiment—a face fromwhich the noble character hasnot been worn off by the cha-fing of ambition and insatia-ble desire. It is somethingaltogether different from themere battering-ram whichthat man is made to be whosubstitutes physical power for moral and intellectual. Andwe may observe here, that where Nature is most capable ofgiving birth to a Ho-mer, a Sophocles, or aPlato, she is most ca-pable of bringing thesheep to is a meditative, phil-osophical sheep (seenext page) that resem-bles Plato. The scenery that isb
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ntiment—a face fromwhich the noble character hasnot been worn off by the cha-fing of ambition and insatia-ble desire. It is somethingaltogether different from themere battering-ram whichthat man is made to be whosubstitutes physical power for moral and intellectual. Andwe may observe here, that where Nature is most capable ofgiving birth to a Ho-mer, a Sophocles, or aPlato, she is most ca-pable of bringing thesheep to is a meditative, phil-osophical sheep (seenext page) that resem-bles Plato. The scenery that isbest adapted to refinement and the delights of imagination isbest adapted to the sheep, and that is the mountain sceneryof Greece. This may appear from history, and, as there istruth in poetry, from pastorals also. A certain writer saysthat Attica might rival Spain in the fineness of its wool;the goat thrives on its hills; the uncultivated lands are over-run with thyme, serpillum, and marjoram; the Albanianshepherds lead their flocks in summer to these THE SHEEP. 315 Now, the excellence of the honey that is brought from thatcountry is not the only excellence that is derived from thearomatic plants which cover thesoil: the flavor of mutton, whichis savory beyond that of anyother meat, makes a demand foraromatic substances, and is in-creased by them, and thereforewe aver that the country whichproduces the Greek is particu-
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