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Bibliography of the day
Brute or Fellow Sufferer, the Cabman in the Long Quarrel over the Cab Horse
Was the man who whipped the cab horse a brute to be jailed or a hired hand in a cruel trade? Reformers mostly chose the courtroom. The motor car ended the scene without ever answering the question.
Sign or Destiny, the Old Border Between the Hippocratic Face and Physiognomy
Physicians have read approaching death in the face since Hippocrates. Physiognomists read character there. They share the same gaze but make opposite claims: one sees a passing state of the body, the other a destiny stamped on the person.
