Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . the right of the case before he can pronounce judgment;he is particularly anxious to take the right bull by thehorns ; he endeavors to hold the scales of justice in impartialbalance; his fellow-laborer is the man who opposes him, whocounterpoises him by a weight of argument equal to his loves to acknowledge a mutual dependence. If the loveof truth did not bind him to his opponent, he would fall:hence he acknowledges a higher dependence upon truth thanon man, as oxen acknowledge a dependence upon the yokemore than upon e
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . the right of the case before he can pronounce judgment;he is particularly anxious to take the right bull by thehorns ; he endeavors to hold the scales of justice in impartialbalance; his fellow-laborer is the man who opposes him, whocounterpoises him by a weight of argument equal to his loves to acknowledge a mutual dependence. If the loveof truth did not bind him to his opponent, he would fall:hence he acknowledges a higher dependence upon truth thanon man, as oxen acknowledge a dependence upon the yokemore than upon each other. He submits to truth as the oxsubmits to the yoke; his faculties of love and will are partic-ularly submissive and obedient. Thus are those stern, rude,barbarian qualities mentioned in the last paragraph, turned toharmony with that delightful trait in the English character,the love of enjoyment. Let us turn to this, and say a few words upon it before wepart with the English. The quietness before spoken of as con-stituting a resemblance between the Engli
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