Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . of a Chinaman, and as the degenerate Italian is a miserableimpersonation of the Englishman. It will not do for the Irishto resemble frogs, nor for dogs to resemble Frenchmen. The. consciousness of the Irishman adapts him to domestic life, towhich the dog is suited ; and the instinctiveness of the French-man adapts him to communism, like that of the frog, or thosewonderful examples of instinct the bee and the ant: and anattempt to reverse the order of things is destructive to is a bad atmosphere for the Irishman; an
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . of a Chinaman, and as the degenerate Italian is a miserableimpersonation of the Englishman. It will not do for the Irishto resemble frogs, nor for dogs to resemble Frenchmen. The. consciousness of the Irishman adapts him to domestic life, towhich the dog is suited ; and the instinctiveness of the French-man adapts him to communism, like that of the frog, or thosewonderful examples of instinct the bee and the ant: and anattempt to reverse the order of things is destructive to is a bad atmosphere for the Irishman; and let theman who resembles the dog, or is a descendant of the Irish, THE DOG. 257 not be ambitious to learn French. If you find him so, youwill also find him snappish, ambitious of being a politician,and of distinguishing himself as an orator; and in default ofthese he will be for ever applying the lash of scorpions tohis nearest neighbor. Close at my heels the snappish curWith yelping treble flies — will be applicable to him. French dogs are the least amiableof their species, if we may judge from what Dickens says ofthem: . . And here are sheep-dogs, sensible as ever, butwith a certain French air about them, not without a suspiciono
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