New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 880—Tiger. Fig. 881.—Leopard. of the tiger and the leopard, and how low! There is nobenevolence, kindness, or even mercy in such crania, and welook for it in vain in their characters. The lion, the noblestof the feline family, however, furnishes, as we have seen, apartial exception to some of these remarks. 608 ANIMAL HEADS THE GRASS EATERS. While the carnivorous races are ferocious and cruel, andhave broad heads, the herbivorous tribesare timid,
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 880—Tiger. Fig. 881.—Leopard. of the tiger and the leopard, and how low! There is nobenevolence, kindness, or even mercy in such crania, and welook for it in vain in their characters. The lion, the noblestof the feline family, however, furnishes, as we have seen, apartial exception to some of these remarks. 608 ANIMAL HEADS THE GRASS EATERS. While the carnivorous races are ferocious and cruel, andhave broad heads, the herbivorous tribesare timid, amiable, and inoffensive, and havenarrow heads. The deer, the antelope, thegoat, the sheep, and therabbit may be named asexamples. Look at theHe is the mostof the herd,and their champion andprotector, and yet hownarrow his Jiead comparedAvith even the most ami-able of the carnivorous animals ! The antelope Fig. 883.—Antelope. (fig. 883) has a still narrower head and a more gentle andtimid disposition.
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