Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . gun to strut, young as he is, and to exercise authority, butwhen he meets with a stronger than himself he is equally apattern of submission. The sign of his extraordinary love ofcommand is the muscular appendage at the top of the bill,where the sign of command is in the human face; and when 10 146 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. the faculty is in exercise, this muscle is contracted, and whenit is quiescent the muscle hangs loosely over the end of thebill. The activity of the faculty is accompanied with an ex-ercise of attack—a comman
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . gun to strut, young as he is, and to exercise authority, butwhen he meets with a stronger than himself he is equally apattern of submission. The sign of his extraordinary love ofcommand is the muscular appendage at the top of the bill,where the sign of command is in the human face; and when 10 146 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. the faculty is in exercise, this muscle is contracted, and whenit is quiescent the muscle hangs loosely over the end of thebill. The activity of the faculty is accompanied with an ex-ercise of attack—a command and a blow — the dicta, Hum-ble yourself, and be my slave ! This is the trait of charactermost remarkable in the Turk. He makes a slave of everyperson whom he can force to acknowledge the right of thestrongest, and to all others he is submissive to the last gratify his authority, more than to satisfy his lust, he pur-chases a large number of wives, for wives in all countries arebound to obey. The sign of submission in the turkey is that fold of sk
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