Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . lities before mentioned, but becausehis flesh is refined and flavored by substances that correspond 316 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. to what is spiritual and heavenly, as the animal faculties inman are purified and governed by the moral and religious. For these reasons, and on account of innocence, the lambis typical of the Christian sacrifice, as it was also the sacrifi-cial offering of the Greeks. The character that is most per-fectly represented by the sheep is that of Christ; and as Chris-tians are like him, there is the same
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . lities before mentioned, but becausehis flesh is refined and flavored by substances that correspond 316 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. to what is spiritual and heavenly, as the animal faculties inman are purified and governed by the moral and religious. For these reasons, and on account of innocence, the lambis typical of the Christian sacrifice, as it was also the sacrifi-cial offering of the Greeks. The character that is most per-fectly represented by the sheep is that of Christ; and as Chris-tians are like him, there is the same difference between theJews and Gentiles that there is between goats and the term Greek is used synonymously with Gentile,for the simple reason that the Gentiles in acquiring a charac-ter corresponding to the innocence, purity, and excellenceof the sheep, resemble are called Greeks for thesame reason that they are calledsheep. The sheep on the righthand and the goats on the leftis the contrasted position of theJews and Gentiles in respect to.
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