COMMON THINGS MAN. 



in exceptional cases an apparent enlargement of the facial angle is 

 produced by a prominence of the bony arch which protects the 

 eyes, a spurious air of intelligence is produced, which causes quali- 

 ties to be ascribed to animals having this conformation, which 

 they do not really possess. The elephant (fig. 9) and the owl 

 (fig. 10) are examples of this. 



Fig. 9. 



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Owing to the peculiar expression thus given, the owl, as is well 

 known, was adopted by the ancients as the symbol of wisdom, and 

 the Indian elephant bears an oriental name which implies the pos- 

 session of a certain share of reason. 



8. The brain, however, is not the only part of his organism, to 

 which man owes his great superiority ; the conformation of his 

 members, combined with his intellectual powers, gives him a 

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