Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . th in the futureand in things unseen, and to shrink back into the past as theonly reality, and thus to remain infants. It was the reignof terror when France wras a nation of infidels; but whatthey are now, and what governs them, we do not say, exceptthat they are as fond of baubles as children are:— Fantastic, frolicsome, and wild,With all the trinkets of a child. It is as cruel as it is cowardly to doubt a future existence, torely only upon the past, and to believe only in reason and theevidence of the senses ; for it seeks t
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . th in the futureand in things unseen, and to shrink back into the past as theonly reality, and thus to remain infants. It was the reignof terror when France wras a nation of infidels; but whatthey are now, and what governs them, we do not say, exceptthat they are as fond of baubles as children are:— Fantastic, frolicsome, and wild,With all the trinkets of a child. It is as cruel as it is cowardly to doubt a future existence, torely only upon the past, and to believe only in reason and theevidence of the senses ; for it seeks to destroy — it aims at an-nihilation. The French are like the frog in the well, thatjumped three feet forward every day, and fell back two everynight; for when they have been stimulated to take a step for-ward, they wish instantly to return to the past. The reasonis this: the stimulus that urges them forward is that whichexcites cruelty and madness — the remedy which is sought byFear to soothe its sufferings, and by Skepticism to exalt itspride. THE OX. Ill. CHAPTER XVIII. There are vulgar people who are fond of tracing in the hu-man face a likeness to the calf, as we should infer fromtheir frequent application of this epithet to juveniles of theirown species. We would inquire of them if this individuallooks as if he had been rearedon milk, and were now goingin search of some ? If this beso, it is proper that the heirshould be after him, thoughfollowing like an humble pe-titioner who despairs of establishing his lawful claim. Thepreceding is a handsome young man, and evidently English;and the English, without distinction of age or sex, are knownby the general appellation of John Bull. But in this younggentleman, whose chin indicates a greater degree of precocitythan his mouth and eyes, no person who has sat at the domes-tic board, where calves brains are served up, can fail to beinterested. There is delicacy in the expression of his face,along with an obtrusive bluntness.
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