Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . 72 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. nary susceptibility of improvement. The portrait of Sir HenryClinton, which follows, may be taken for a model of a school-boy countenance. It is that also of a hewer of wood and adrawer of water. It is the representative of a useful class,but of one that learns to do mischief and good with equal facil-ity. You can see imp>udence in that countenance, requiringonly to be let go in order to exhibit it-self in words, and to act hand-in-handwith mischief, to which it is near that were the case
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . 72 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. nary susceptibility of improvement. The portrait of Sir HenryClinton, which follows, may be taken for a model of a school-boy countenance. It is that also of a hewer of wood and adrawer of water. It is the representative of a useful class,but of one that learns to do mischief and good with equal facil-ity. You can see imp>udence in that countenance, requiringonly to be let go in order to exhibit it-self in words, and to act hand-in-handwith mischief, to which it is near that were the case, filial love wouldbe selfish, like the fondness of a cat fora mouse — requiring to be fed andclothed, and making insolent demands,and thereby retaining the characterof weakness and infancy. The personwho resembles a rabbit is either saucy,impudent, idle, disobedient, or the veryreverse ; for the animal faculties actingin subserviency to those that are peculiarly human are re-versed, and manifest themselves in the very opposite direc-tion. Thus there is no harm
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