Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . countenances that forcibly remindus of some sort of animal, thoughwe can not say that there is anythingvery gross or beastly in its appear-ance. An example is herewith pre-sented, and on closer inspection it isthe physiognomy of a goat. The in-dividual before us is the representa-tive of a class, who look so very in-nocent of any relationship to inferiorcreatures, that we do not at firstsight form a very distinct idea ofthe animal they resemble. Theygive you to understand that theyare descended from an ancient andhonorable anc
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . countenances that forcibly remindus of some sort of animal, thoughwe can not say that there is anythingvery gross or beastly in its appear-ance. An example is herewith pre-sented, and on closer inspection it isthe physiognomy of a goat. The in-dividual before us is the representa-tive of a class, who look so very in-nocent of any relationship to inferiorcreatures, that we do not at firstsight form a very distinct idea ofthe animal they resemble. Theygive you to understand that theyare descended from an ancient andhonorable ancestry, and carry theirheads with such an air of knowingwhat they are about, that you begin to accuse yourself of un-pardonable irreverence in harboring the suspicion that they THE GOAT. 297 have a family likeness to the goat. The more you peer intotheir countenances, the more you are mystified and perplexedwith a lawless and uncertain imagining; a vague impres-sion steals over you that there is some sort of connection be-tween beard and tobacco, and of these with
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