New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . XXXIV. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY Thy face itself Half mated with the royal stamp of manAnd half overcome with beast.—Shakspearb. N addkion to his^ superior and dis-tinctively human^y^ faculties and senti-ments, man has allthe propensities andinstincts of the ani-mal. The mentalbasis of both restson the same lowernature. The granddifference lies in thesuperstructure— inthe existence in theone case of the rea-soning powers and the spiritual senti-Fig. 894.
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . XXXIV. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY Thy face itself Half mated with the royal stamp of manAnd half overcome with beast.—Shakspearb. N addkion to his^ superior and dis-tinctively human^y^ faculties and senti-ments, man has allthe propensities andinstincts of the ani-mal. The mentalbasis of both restson the same lowernature. The granddifference lies in thesuperstructure— inthe existence in theone case of the rea-soning powers and the spiritual senti-Fig. Dog-Man. ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^|^^.. j. absence in the other. The animal is simply an animal, andcan be nothing more. Man is all that the animal is, withreason and spirituality superadded. Why, then, should therenot be resemblances between men and animals ? They havethe senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch in have love of life and the instinct of self-preservation ;both are capable of affection and of anger; both are cautious*. 614 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. secretive, acquisitive, combative, and destructive in a greateror less degree; so if cunning predominate in a man, whyshould he not come to have a cunning, foxy look? or whyshould not courage and a consciousness of power give him alion-like expression ? The ancient physiognomists laid great stress upon the realor fancied resemblances existing between men and animals,but their speculations are of little value. Modern writingson the same subject are in the main equally fanciful, and arecalculated to amuse rather than instruct. We shall claimlittle more for our remarks in this chapter. If the readershall be pleasantly entertained, the organ of Mirthfulnessdeveloped, and the upward curving lines at the corners of themouth improved, we shall no+ have written in vain. While Jflmitting that we see little in Comparative Physiog-nomy, in its present rudimentary state, that promises anygreat degree of prac
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