Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . died perfection, in every stranger, regardinghim with the same defer-ence, and administering tohis comfort and happiness,as if it would make up forthe heavenly felicities whichhe is supposed to have beenaccustomed to. Thus thehomeliest people have themost intense admiration anddevotion to the beautiful, aswas the case with Socrates;and the beautiful in returnhave grateful love and exalted reverence for the , too, the homeliest animal and the most beautiful (thecamel and the horse), the most perfect specimens in thei
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . died perfection, in every stranger, regardinghim with the same defer-ence, and administering tohis comfort and happiness,as if it would make up forthe heavenly felicities whichhe is supposed to have beenaccustomed to. Thus thehomeliest people have themost intense admiration anddevotion to the beautiful, aswas the case with Socrates;and the beautiful in returnhave grateful love and exalted reverence for the , too, the homeliest animal and the most beautiful (thecamel and the horse), the most perfect specimens in their way,live together in Arabia. The horse is the embodiment of thecholeric temperament (which makes him high-spirited andnoble), without the habit of accommodation to deform camel and the Arab are accommodated to Mm, and thedesert air is the most congenial to his temperament: hencein Arabia are produced the finest horses in the world. Thebarb is the Arabs guest, his especial favorite, and a betterentertainment than is afforded by his honest keeper he could. THE CAMEL. 103 not have. People who resemble horses find homely personsto be their most indulgent, faithful, enthusiastic, and devotedfriends. The countenance of a stranger is to the Arab what an oasisis to the desert. That countenance will smile if hospitalitycan make it, but the Arabs never, till the desert shall budand blossom as the rose. The green spot owes the perfectionof its beauty to the desolation that surrounds it, but from thisthe desert is to be clothed ; and in like manner the beautifulhave a mission to the ugly, and there is given to the latter thedisposition to entertain them, and to emulate their graces bypreserving and heightening their charms. The stranger isindebted to the Arab, not for hospitality merely, but for theblessings that are intended for all, and of which he is madethe dispenser. This the Arab feels, and by feeling the Bedouins have committed a robbery, they say ofthe plunder,
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